Quiz 50

Question 1

The corpus luteum secretes the hormones?

Answer 1

Oestrogen and progesterone

Question 2

What is the approximate total area of the surface available for gas exchange?

Answer 2

50-100 square metres

Question 3

The chemicals which carry nervous system messages are called?

Answer 3

Neurotransmitters

Question 4

The two main layers of the skin?

Answer 4

Dermis and epidermis

Question 5

During tubular secretion?

Answer 5

Substances are secreted from the blood into the filtrate

Question 6

The functional cell in mature compact bone is the

Answer 6

Osteocytes

Question 7

An extra layer of oblique muscle is found on the

Answer 7

Stomach

Question 8

Describe internal respiration

Answer 8

The process of gas exchange between the systemic capillaries and tissue fluid.

Question 9

What concerns the primary immune response

Answer 9

It’s usually ineffective in eliminating antigen

Question 10

The structure that encloses the cell is the?

Answer 10

Membrane

Question 11

Which gland produces the hormone melatonin

Answer 11

Pineal gland

Question 12

A patient becomes tachycardia when their pulse is

Answer 12

100bpm

Question 13

What are the two types of immune response

Answer 13

Antibody mediated (humoral) and non specific

Question 14

The point where a nerve terminal comes into contact with another cell it is communicating with is

Answer 14

Synapse

Question 15

What is the role of the pulmonary circulation

Answer 15

Transport se- oxygenated blood to the lungs

Question 16

If a tissue has a blood supply, lacunae and osteocytes what is that tissue

Answer 16

Bone tissue