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A comprehensive review of key concepts related to the digestive and urinary systems, focusing on their anatomical structures and physiological functions. It covers topics such as the alimentary canal, accessory digestive organs, teeth, tongue, gallbladder, salivary glands, liver, pancreas, and the processes of mastication, deglutition, absorption, and defecation. Additionally, it explores the renal system, including the kidneys, nephrons, and the processes of glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption, and secretion. The document also addresses electrolyte balance, acid-base balance, and reproductive system functions, making it a valuable resource for students studying human biology and physiology. Useful for exam preparation and quick review of essential biological concepts.
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Alimentary | canal | - | Correct | answer | ✔mouth, | pharynx, | esophagus, | stomach, | small | intestine, | large | intestine Accessory | digestive | organs | - | Correct | answer | ✔teeth, | tongue, | gallbladder, | salivary | glands, | liver, | pancreas How | many | teeth | do | human | adults | have? | - | Correct | answer | ✔ 32 What | teeth | are | most | effective | in | chewing? | - | Correct | answer | ✔molars Mastication | - | Correct | answer | ✔chewing Deglutition | - | Correct | answer | ✔swallowing What | is | the | name | for | the | part | of | the | mouth | that | your | tongue | presses | against | when | swallowing? | - | Correct | answer | ✔hard | palate Where | does | the | small | intestine | extend | from? | - | Correct | answer | ✔pyloric | sphincter | to | the | illeocecal | valve
Microvilli | - | Correct | answer | ✔increase | surface | area | of | the | small | intestine | for | nutrient | absorption What | do | chief | cells | produce? | - | Correct | answer | ✔Pepsinogen Segmentation | - | Correct | answer | ✔mixes | food | with | digestive | juices | and | increases | the | efficiency | of | absorption | by | repeatedly | moving | different | parts | of | the | food | mass | over | the | intestinal | wall Absorption | - | Correct | answer | ✔passage | of | digested | end | products | from | the | lumen | of | the | GI | tract | through | the | mucosal | cells | by | active | or | passive | transport | into | the | blood | or | lymph; | small | intestine | is | the | major | absorptive | site Defecation | - | Correct | answer | ✔eliminates | indigestible | substancese | from | the | body | via | the | anus | in | the | form | of | feces What | are | the | controls | of | the | digestive | system? | - | Correct | answer | ✔extrinsic | and | intrinsic What | extends | from | each | kidney? | - | Correct | answer | ✔a | ureter Renal | pyramids | - | Correct | answer | ✔cone | shaped | section | in | the | medulla | section | of | the | kidney
Collecting | duct | - | Correct | answer | ✔structure | that | conveys | the | processed | filtrate | (urine) | to | the | renal | pelvis Peritubular | capillaries | - | Correct | answer | ✔blood | supply | that | directly | receives | substances | from | the | tubular | cells Glomerular | capsule | - | Correct | answer | ✔its | inner | (visceral) | membrane | forms | part | of | the | filtration | membrane Trace | the | anatomical | pathway | from | the | glomerular | capsule | to | the | urethra | - | Correct | answer | ✔Glomerular | capsule | --> | proximal | convoluted | tubule | --> | loop | of | henle | distal | convoluted | tubule | --> | collecting | tubule | --> | papillary | duct | --> | minor | calyx | --> | major | calyx | --> | renal | pelvis | --> | ureter | --> | bladder | --> | urethra Is | the | capillary | bed | high | or | low | pressure? | Why? | - | Correct | answer | ✔High- pressure | because | it | is | both | fed | and | drained | by | arterioles | and | the | afferent | arteriole | has | a | larger | diameter | than | the | efferent | arteriole Tubular | secretion | - | Correct | answer | ✔process | of | moving | substances | from | the | tubule | cells | of | from | the | peritubular | capillary | blood | into | the | tubule | filtrate Renal | capsule | - | Correct | answer | ✔smooth | membrane; | tightly | adherent | to | the | kidney | surface
Medulla | - | Correct | answer | ✔portion | of | the | kidney | containing | mostly | collecting | ducts Cortex | - | Correct | answer | ✔portion | of | the | kidney | containing | the | bulk | of | the | nephron | structures; | superficial | region | of | kidney | tissue Renal | pelvis | - | Correct | answer | ✔basinlike | area | of | the | kidney, | continuous | with | the | ureter Minor | calyx | - | Correct | answer | ✔a | cup-shaped | extension | of | the | pelvis | that | encircles | the | apex | of | a | pyramid Renal | column | - | Correct | answer | ✔area | of | cortical | tissue | running | between | the | medullary | pyramids How | much | of | the | total | ECF | electrolyte | concentration | is | NaCl? | - | Correct | answer | ✔93% Are | cellular | membranes | permeable | or | impermeable | to | Na+? | - | Correct | answer | ✔impermeable How | does | Na+ | cross | the | cellular | membrane? | - | Correct | answer | ✔it's | actively | pumped | against | its | electrochemical | gradient
What | surrounds | the | seminiferous | tubules? | - | Correct | answer | ✔interstitial | cells | that | produce | testosterone Where | do | the | seminiferous | tubules | lead? | - | Correct | answer | ✔rete | testes What | is | the | sequence | of | events | of | spermatogenesis? | - | Correct | answer | ✔primary | spermatocyte | generated | by | the | first | phase | undergoes | meiosis | I, | forming | a | secondary | spermatocyte, | second | spermatocyte | continue | on | to | meiosis | II | and | form | spermatids, | spermatids | then | shed | their | cytoplasm | and | form | a | tail What | phase | is | where | implantation | of | the | embryo | occurs? | - | Correct | answer | ✔secretory | phase Fertilization | - | Correct | answer | ✔process | of | forming | a | fertilized | egg What | are | the | mechanisms | involved | in | human | egg | fertilization | that | decrease | the | chances | of | polyspermy | occurring? | - | Correct | answer | ✔Zonal | inhibiting | proteins | (ZIPs) | destroy | sperm | receptors, | preventing | further | sperm | entry Implantation | of | fetus | - | Correct | answer | ✔Trophoblast | cells | overlaying | the | inner | cell | mass | adhere | to | the | endometrium; | trophoblast | cells | secrete | enzymes | that | erode | the | endometrial | lining | to | reach | the | vascular | supply | beneath | it
Process | of | gastrulation | and | its | consequences | - | Correct | answer | ✔involves | the | migration, | movement | and | rearrangement | of | embryonic | cells, | so | that | a | three- layer | embryo | (three | primary | germ | layers) | is | formed What | hormones | do | fetal | cells | produce | and | what | do | they | do? | - | Correct | answer | ✔prostaglandins | and | oxytocin; | increasing | levels | initiate | another | positive | feedback | mechanism | that | initiates | labor Lactation | - | Correct | answer | ✔production | of | milk | from | the | mammary | glands What | hormones | drive | the | process | of | the | breasts | changing? | - | Correct | answer | ✔estrogen, | progesterone, | lactogen What | stimulates | milk | production | post-birth? | - | Correct | answer | ✔sucking | of | the | nipples | which | is | mechanical | stimulation What | does | the | mechanical | stimulation | of | milk | production | stimulate? | - | Correct | answer | ✔the | posterior | pituitary | to | secrete | prolactin | releasing | hormone | and | oxytocin What | does | prolactin | releasing | hormone | (PRH) | do? | - | Correct | answer | ✔stimulates | the | release | of | prolactin | from | the | anterior | pituitary, | which | stimulate | milk | production What | does | oxytocin | do? | - | Correct | answer | ✔cause | the | myoepithelial | cells | to | contract
Inner | cell | mass | - | Correct | answer | ✔produces | embryonic | body; | produces | the | amnion, | yolk | sac, | and | allantosis Trophoblast | - | Correct | answer | ✔becomes | the | chorion | and | cooperates | with | the | uterine | tissue | to | form | the | placenta Allantois | - | Correct | answer | ✔an | embryonic | membrane | that | provides | the | structural | basis | for | the | body | stalk | or | umbilical | cord Skeletal | muscle | develops | from... | - | Correct | answer | ✔mesoderm Skeleton | muscle | develops | from... | - | Correct | answer | ✔mesoderm Lining | of | the | gut | muscle | develops | from... | - | Correct | answer | ✔endoderm Respiratory | mucosa | muscle | develops | from... | - | Correct | answer | ✔endoderm Circulatory | system | muscle | develops | from... | - | Correct | answer | ✔mesoderm Epidermis | of | skin | muscle | develops | from... | - | Correct | answer | ✔ectoderm Nervous | system | muscle | develops | from... | - | Correct | answer | ✔ectoderm
Serosa | membrane | muscle | develops | from... | - | Correct | answer | ✔mesdoerm Liver | and | pancreas | muscle | develops | from... | - | Correct | answer | ✔endoderm When | does | the | human | embryo | come | be | called | a | fetus? | - | Correct | answer | ✔the | ninth | week What | is | tissue | origin | of | the | placenta? | - | Correct | answer | ✔both | fetal | and | maternal Zygote | - | Correct | answer | ✔fertilized | egg Functions | of | the | placenta | - | Correct | answer | ✔provides | nutrients | and | oxygen | to | the | fetus, | removes | fetal | wastes, | and | produces | the | hormones | of | pregnancy Where | in | the | human | uterus | do | implantation | and | placentation | ordinarily | occur? | - | Correct | answer | ✔high | in | the | uterus What | is | the | importance | of | cleavage | in | embryonic | development? | - | Correct | answer | ✔it | provides | a | large | number | of | smaller | cells | for | morphogenesis; | during | cleavage, | there | are | no | intervening | growth | periods | between | the | successive | divisions; | the | cells | get | smaller | and | smaller, | but | the | embryonic | mass | remains | essentially | the | same | size; | cell | growth | between | divisions | are | short
What | is | the | function | of | gastrin? | - | Correct | answer | ✔plays | essential | roles | in | regulating | stomach | secretion | and | motility Trigone | - | Correct | answer | ✔smooth, | triangular | region | of | the | bladder | base | outlined | by | three | opening; | important | clinically | because | infections | tend | to | persist | in | this | region What | is | the | function | of | GnRH | in | males? | - | Correct | answer | ✔controls | the | release | of | the | two | anterior | pituitary | gonadotropins: | FSH | and | LH What | is | the | function | of | FSH | in | males? | - | Correct | answer | ✔stimulates | spermatogenesis | indirectly | by | stimulating | the | sustentacular | cells | to | release | ABP; | makes | the | cells | receptive | to | testosterone's | stimulatory | effects What | is | the | function | of | ABP | in | males? | - | Correct | answer | ✔prompts | the | spermatogenic | cells | to | bind | and | concentrate | testosterone, | which | in | turn | stimulates | spermatogenesis What | is | the | purpose | of | LH | in | males? | - | Correct | answer | ✔binds | to | interstitial | cells, | prodding | them | to | secrete | testosterone What | is | the | mons | pubis? | - | Correct | answer | ✔fatty, | rounded | area | overlying | the | pubic | symphysis What | is | the | purpose | of | GnRH | in | females? | - | Correct | answer | ✔stimulate | increased | production | and | release | of | FSH | and | LH | by | the | anterior | pituitary
What | is | the | purpose | of | FSH | in | females? | - | Correct | answer | ✔exerts | its | main | effects | on | the | follicle | cells What | is | the | purpose | LH | in | females? | - | Correct | answer | ✔targets | the | thecal | cells | and | prods | them | to | produce | androgens What | does | the | LH | surge | in | females | do? | - | Correct | answer | ✔stimulates | the | primary | oocyte | of | the | dominany | follice | to | complete | the | first | meiotic | division; | triggers | ovulation; | transforms | ruptured | follicles | into | corpus | luteum What | hormone | causes | the | let-down | reflex | in | lactation? | - | Correct | answer | ✔Oxytocin What | is | hPL | responsible | for? | - | Correct | answer | ✔preparation | of | the | breasts | for | lactation What | is | hCL | responsible | for? | - | Correct | answer | ✔increase | in | maternal | metabolism | to | meet | the | demands | of | both | the | mother | and | growing | fetus | during | pregnancy What | hormone | prevents | the | endometrium | from | sloughing | off | after | implantation | - | Correct | answer | ✔hCG