Cardiovascular — Flashcards

What type of signaling mechanism (endocrine or paracrine) does gastrin use to reach parietal cells?_____

Lesion of the _____ hypothalamus results in poikilothermy (cold-blooded)

In the third stage (rapid) of ovarian follicle development, a single graafian follicle achieves dominance and ruptures, releasing its oocyte into the peritoneal cavity via the process of _____

Which nutrient (glucose, fat, protein) stimulates glucose-insulinotropic peptide secretion? _____

_____ is the speed at which action potentials are propagated within the tissue

As long as lactation continues, _____ is suppressed, due to inhibitory effects of prolactin on GnRH, FSH, and LH

Growth hormone has _____ effects in muscle (anabolic/catabolic)

The _____ nucleus of the hypothalamus primarily secretes oxytocin

Chronically elevated levels of ACTH cause _____ of the adrenal cortex

Following platelet adhesion (primary hemostasis), there is platelet _____