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epimysium - Answer connective tissue that surrounds the entire muscle

joint cavity - Answer separates articulating bones at a synovial joint

Osteon - Answer structural unit of compact bone

plasma cells - Answer secrete antigen-specific antibodies

commensalism - Answer one partner benefits, the other is affected

pathogens - Answer microbes that can cause an infectious disease

chronic infection - Answer very slow or no clearance of a pathogen

NK cells - Answer destroy virus-infected and cancerous cells

hypersensitivity - Answer immune defences overreact to a harmless antigen

cellular respiration - Answer produces ATP

seminiferous tubule - Answer site of sperm production

hcG - Answer maintains corpus luteum

peristalsis - Answer a type of propulsion

ACTH - Answer stimulates the adrenal cortex to secrete the hormone cortisol

GFR - Answer total volume of filtrate produced by kidneys per minute

Luteinizing hormone (LH) - Answer triggers ovulation

ADH - Answer inhibits diuresis

pancreas - Answer stimulates insulin and glucagon

Humoral stimulus - Answer hormones are secreted in response to changing levels of
certain ions or nutrients in the blood

adrenal medulla - Answer produces and secretes adrenalin and noradrenalin

nephron - Answer functional unit of kidney

pathway of urine - Answer calyces, pelvis and ureter

osmoreceptors - Answer detect changes of osmolarity in ECF

, Hypotonic hydration - Answer when water intake exceeds water output

6 digestive processes - Answer 1. ingestion

2. propulsion

3. mechanical digestion

4. chemical digestion

5. absorption

6. defecation

Functions of the kidneys - Answer -Regulation of fluid and electrolyte balance

-excretion of metabolic wastes & foreign substances

-regulation of pH

-maintanence of blood pressure

-regulation of EPO

-metabolic functions (activating vitD, gluconeogenesis)

Glucagon - Answer A hormone that is released when blood glucose is low

Gluconeogenesis - Answer production of glucose from non-carbohydrate sources

Glucose sparing - Answer ATP used by neurons

Glycogenolysis - Answer breakdown of glycogen to glucose

(occurs in liver and skeletal muscle)

Glycogenesis - Answer glucose molecules joined to form glycogen

Glucose - Answer A simple sugar which is a component of many carbohydrates and an
important energy source

Glycolysis - Answer Breakdown of glucose

- the first step of cellular respiration (ie. lysing of the glucose molecule, making a
smaller molecule)

3 stages of urine formation - Answer glomerular filtration

tubular reabsorption

tubular secretion

Osteoblasts - Answer bone building cells (produce and secrete collagen fibres & ground

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