Cardiovascular — Flashcards

Flashcard 871: What is the effect of parasympathetic innervation on pancreatic secretion? _____

Answer: Increased secretion

Flashcard 872: Which female sex steroid is responsible for watery cervical mucus, which facilitates sperm entry into the uterus?_____

Answer: Estrogen

Flashcard 873: Does thrombosis occur in arteries or veins? _____

Answer: Both

Flashcard 874: Alpha granules of platelets contain _____ and fibrinogen

Answer: vWF

Flashcard 875: Which two hormones secreted by the fetal testes are responsible for male phenotypic sexual differentiation?

Answer: Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and Testosterone

Extra: Anti-Müllerian hormone (produced by Sertoli cells) causes regression of the Müllerian ducts (paramesonephric ducts). Testosterone (produced by Leydig cells) stimulates the development of the Wolffian ducts (mesonephric ducts).

Flashcard 876: Ghrelin is secreted by gastric cells and acts to _____ appetite

Answer: increase

Flashcard 877: Which thyroid hormone (T4 or T3) binds to nuclear receptor with greater affinity?_____

Answer: T3

Flashcard 878: The neuroglycopenic symptoms of hypoglycemia include behavioral changes, confusion, visual disturbances, stupor, and _____

Answer: seizures

Flashcard 879: Phase 0 of the SA node action potential is caused by opening of voltage-gated _____ channels

Answer: Ca2+

Flashcard 880: What is the effect of obesity, pregnancy, and hyperglycemia on growth hormone secretion?_____

Answer: Decreased