E-G

Question 1

ECCRINE SWEAT GLANDS

Answer 1

accessory structures, originating throughout dermis of the human body
secretes sweat used primarily for thermoregulation (doesnt smell)

Question 2

ELECTRON

Answer 2

negatively charged atomic particle

Question 3

ELEMENT

Answer 3

pure substances that cannot be broken into simpler substances

Question 4

ENDOCRINE GLAND

Answer 4

duct-less gland that secretes hormones.

Question 5

ENDOTHERMIC

Answer 5

involving absorption of heat

Question 6

ENZYMATIC DIGESTION

Answer 6

breakdown of food by enzymes for absorption

Question 7

ENZYME

Answer 7

substance produced by living things that act as a catalyst.
speeds up a chem rxn by lowering activation energy;
in cells, most enzymes are proteins

Question 8

EPIDERMID

Answer 8

outer layer of the skin

Question 9

EPINEPHRINE

Answer 9

polar, water-solulable homone released by adrenals in response to stress. aka ADRENALINE

Question 10

EPIPHYSEAL PLATE

Answer 10

hyaline cartilage in long bones where bone elongation happens. aka GROWTH PLATE

Question 11

ESTROGEN

Answer 11

female sex hormone released by ovaries

Question 12

EXCRETION

Answer 12

elimination of metabolic waste from body

Question 13

EXOCRINE GLAND

Answer 13

gland that produces secretions having extracellular effect, such as chemical digestion. These secretions leave the gland by way of duct

Question 14

EXOTHERMIC

Answer 14

involving release of heat

Question 15

FALLOPIAN TUBES

Answer 15

tubes that carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus

Question 16

FATTY ACID

Answer 16

molecule composed of a long hydrocarbon chain with a carboxylic acid group on one end

Question 17

FILTRATE

Answer 17

materials, including water, that leave the blood through the walls of glomerular capillaries to enter the Bowman’s Capsule

Question 18

FLAT BONES

Answer 18

thin bones that have a plate-like shape

ex) cranium

Question 19

FOLLICLE

Answer 19

saclike structure that contains and allows for maturation of the female ovum (egg) within the ovary

Question 20

FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE

aka FSH

Answer 20

secreted by the anterior pituitary that stimulates development of eggs in ovaries and sperm in testes

Question 21

GALL BLADDER

Answer 21

organ that stores bile

Question 22

GAMETE

Answer 22

sex cells.

sperm in males, ova (eggs) in females

Question 23

GENE

Answer 23

sequence of DNA that is the basic unit of heredity

Question 24

GENETIC CODE

Answer 24

set of 64 codons that specify 20 amino acids

Question 25

GENOME

Answer 25

complete set of genetic information in a cell

Question 26

GENOTYPE

Answer 26

genetic makeup of an individual

Question 27

GIGANTISM

Answer 27

excessive growth from overproduction of growth hormone

Question 28

GLAND

Answer 28

an organ that secretes substance

Question 29

GLOMERULUS

Answer 29

network of capillaries from which blood pressures pushes water, salt, glucose, amino acids, and urea from the blood

Question 30

GLUCAGON

Answer 30

hormone secreted by the pancreas
stimulates its target cells in the liver t convert hepatic glycogen stores into glucose and release that glucose into blood

Question 31

GLYCEROL

Answer 31

sugar compound that serves as the backbone for triglycerides and phospholipids

Question 32

GONAD

Answer 32

reproductive organ that produces gametes; in males the testes, in females the ovaries

Question 33

GRADUATED CYLINDER

Answer 33

narrow cylinder used to measure liquid volume

Question 34

GROWTH HORMONE

Answer 34

secretion of the ANTERIOR PITUITARY that stimulates tissue growth.
aka somatotropin

Question 35

GROUP

Answer 35

column of elements in periodic table