Test page 3 Flashcards

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Is lined wih phagocyic cells, has an immune funcion, and is at the juncture of the large intestine.

A

Appendix

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Absorbs salt, waer, and stores feces until they can be released from the body,

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Colon

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3
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End of the colon, external opening.

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Anus

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4
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removes excess water and toxins for the blood stream, and produces urine.

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Kidney

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5
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thin tube with smooth muscle in it’s wall. Conducts urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body.

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Ureatha

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A gland with a duct EXAMPLE: Silk gland or mild gland

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Exocrine gland

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7
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No duct. The glander product is secreated directly into the extracelluler fluid surrounding the gland EXAMPLE: pulminary gland

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Endocrine gland

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8
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a chemical messenger which causes a change o occur in the cell that it targets

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Hormone

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9
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A gland with many lobes, one disappears at maturity, produces several hormones, and is found at the center of the brain.

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Pituitary

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10
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A group of nerves at the base of he brain,produces serveral hormones, and srores them in the brain.

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Hypohylamous

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produces thyroxin, a hormone which regulates growh and metabolism. Iodine is nesscary

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Thyroid gland

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12
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enlarged thyroid due to a lack of iodine in the diet

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Goiter

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13
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Enlarged thyroid due to lack of iodine in the diet.

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Goiter

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14
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Embedded in the thyroid, it produces calcatonin, which regulates blood levels of calcium, and deposits calcium in bone.

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Parathyroid

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