Quiz 50 Flashcards
The corpus luteum secretes the hormones?
Oestrogen and progesterone
What is the approximate total area of the surface available for gas exchange?
50-100 square metres
The chemicals which carry nervous system messages are called?
Neurotransmitters
The two main layers of the skin?
Dermis and epidermis
During tubular secretion?
Substances are secreted from the blood into the filtrate
The functional cell in mature compact bone is the
Osteocytes
An extra layer of oblique muscle is found on the
Stomach
Describe internal respiration
The process of gas exchange between the systemic capillaries and tissue fluid.
What concerns the primary immune response
It’s usually ineffective in eliminating antigen
The structure that encloses the cell is the?
Membrane
Which gland produces the hormone melatonin
Pineal gland
A patient becomes tachycardia when their pulse is
100bpm
What are the two types of immune response
Antibody mediated (humoral) and non specific
The point where a nerve terminal comes into contact with another cell it is communicating with is
Synapse
What is the role of the pulmonary circulation
Transport se- oxygenated blood to the lungs
