Endocrine system (thyroid, adrenal, pancreas) — Flashcards

Flashcard 21: What cell type transmits signals in the nervous system?

Answer: neuron

Flashcard 22: What type of neuronal branch structure sends information?

Answer: axon

Flashcard 23: What is the role of the neural plate in neural development?

Answer: gives rise to the neural tube and neural crest cells

Flashcard 24: What are the body's priorities during fasting or starvation?

Answer: supply glucose to brain and RBCs, preserve protein if possible

Flashcard 25: What is the function of the endosome?

Answer: sorting centers for material from outside the cell or from the Golgi, sending it to lysosomes/plasma membrane/Golgi

Flashcard 26: permanent

Answer: remain in G0; may only be replaced from stem cells

Extra: neurons, skeletal myocytes, cardiac myocytes, RBCs

Flashcard 27: How many ions are exchanged by the Na+-K+ ATPase for each ATP consumed?

Answer: 3 Na+ out, 2 K+ in

Flashcard 28: Desmin belongs to what class of cytoskeletal element?

Answer: intermediate filaments

Flashcard 29: Vimentin belongs to what class of cytoskeletal element?

Answer: intermediate filaments

Flashcard 30: What stimuli control the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus?

Answer: primarily light