Test page 3 Flashcards
Is lined wih phagocyic cells, has an immune funcion, and is at the juncture of the large intestine.
Appendix
Absorbs salt, waer, and stores feces until they can be released from the body,
Colon
End of the colon, external opening.
Anus
removes excess water and toxins for the blood stream, and produces urine.
Kidney
thin tube with smooth muscle in it’s wall. Conducts urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body.
Ureatha
A gland with a duct EXAMPLE: Silk gland or mild gland
Exocrine gland
No duct. The glander product is secreated directly into the extracelluler fluid surrounding the gland EXAMPLE: pulminary gland
Endocrine gland
a chemical messenger which causes a change o occur in the cell that it targets
Hormone
A gland with many lobes, one disappears at maturity, produces several hormones, and is found at the center of the brain.
Pituitary
A group of nerves at the base of he brain,produces serveral hormones, and srores them in the brain.
Hypohylamous
produces thyroxin, a hormone which regulates growh and metabolism. Iodine is nesscary
Thyroid gland
enlarged thyroid due to a lack of iodine in the diet
Goiter
Enlarged thyroid due to lack of iodine in the diet.
Goiter
Embedded in the thyroid, it produces calcatonin, which regulates blood levels of calcium, and deposits calcium in bone.
Parathyroid