Exam 3 Flashcards
The term that secrete products INTO DUCTS that empty onto a surface or into a cavity
Exocrine Gland
The term that are DUCTLESS glands and secrete hormones
Endocrine Gland
The term that refers “ Too Little Hormone”
Hyposecretion
the term that refers “Too Much Hormone”
Hypersecretion
which gland is responsible for sweat glands, Salivary glands (Lymp nodes)
Exocrine Gland
what are the two major classes of hormones ?
Non-steroid and Steroid
The FEEDBACK that Reverses the direction in physiological system
(tries to maintain HOMEOSTATIC FEEDBACK
Negative Feedback
The FEEDBACK that Amplifyes physiological changes rather than reverse them
(contractions)
Positive Feedback
the term that is the liquid portion of blood
Plasma
The term with NO nuclei
Erythrocytes
The term that refers to ‘‘HEMATOPOIESIS’’
Myeloid Tissue
The term that refers to “The RBC volume”
Hematocrit
The term with WBCs and Platelets
Buffycoat
The term that refers to Allergy protection
Eosinophils
Abnormally high WBC count
Leukocytosis
Abnormally high RBC count
Polycythemia
Abnormally LOW WBC count
Leukopenia
the term that refers to a “CLUMP”
Agglutinate
what are the 2 primary functions of blood ?
Transportation and Protection
what cavity is the heart located in ?
Thoracic cavity
1/3 of the heart is on the ______ halve
right
2/3 of the heart is on the _______ halve
left
The heart is a _________ organ shape
Triangular
what is the size of the heart ?
size of a closed fists
where is the heart located BETWEEN ?
the lungs and mediastum (sternum)
the _______ system that supplies body transportation needs
( organ system that inlcudes heart and lungs)
cardiovascular system
the _____ system that supplies transportation for the cells of the body
(cardiovascular and lymphatic vessels)
circulatory system
The body’s defense system against disease
Immune system
A system that moves FLUIDS and large molecules from the tissue spaces and lipid nutrients from the digestive system to the blood
Lymphatic system
______ a fluid formed in tissue spaces that returns excess fluid and protein molecules to back to the circulatory system
Lymph
Blood plasma that has filtered out of capillaries into microscopic spaces between cells is called
______
Interstital Fluid
The network of tiny bind-ended tubes distuributed in the tissue spaces
Lymphatic cappillaries
Lymph empties into which 2 terminal vessels ?
right lymphatic duct and thoratic duct
the thoratic duct has an enlarged pouchlike strcuture called _____
cisterna chylia
Lymph is filtered by moving through _____ _______, located in clusters along the pathway of lymphatic vessels
lymph nodes
lymph ENTERS the node through _____
“ carry toward”
AFFERENT lymph vessels
lymph EXITS the node through ________
“carry away from”
EFFERENT lymph vessels
type of white blood cells ( B & T)
lymphocyte
largest lymphatic vessel in the body
thoratic duct
spleen, tonsils, thymus and lymph nodes are what _____ organs
Lmphoid
small lymphoid tissue organ located in the mediastinum extending to the midline of neck and largest at puberty
Thymus
- development of T cells
-secretes hormones ( thymosins)
-replaced by fat (involution)
Thymus
located in proctective ring under mucous membrane in the mouth and back of throat
-help protect against bacteria in the nasal and oral cavites
Tonsils
the tonsils on each side ________
palatine tonsils
swollen tonsils that lie in posterior opening of nasal cavity
pharyngeal tonsils (adenoids)