Premed Short Answer Questions

The skin helps regulate body tempurature through___. When you shiver, your blood vessels__, ___ heat. When you sweat, your blood vessels__, ___ heat.

Smooth muscle is

Skeletal muscle is

Cardiac muscle is

The acetylcholine disperses in the ____ and attatches to ___ in the ____. If enough acetylcholine is released, the ____ becomes temporarily more permiable to _____ ,which rush ___ the muscle cell, and to ____, which rush ___ the muscle cell. More ___ enter than ____leave. The imbalance gives the cell interior an excess of ____ ions which reverses the electrical conditions of the ____ (____). This leads to an _____. The _____ rushes from one end of the cell to the other ending in muscle cell contraction. The enzyme _______ breaks down the _____ in the _____, ending the process.

Yellow marrow resides in ____ in the ___ of the bone and stores ____ tissues.

A patient frequently urinates and is often thirsty. What other signs or symptoms would help you determine if he has diabetes mellitus or diabetes insipidus?

Trace a drop of blood, starting at the right atrium and returning to the right atrium, through the oulmonary and systdminc circuts.

Why is an acidic pH necessary for the stomach's activities to be accomplished?

Describe the effects of FSH and LH on the ovaries.

How can a urinalysis provide useful information to physicians?

Why are hormones important in regulating homeostasis in the body? Give an example.

Are you happy to be done?