FIVIZZ: WEEK 3 - BIOLOGY 3

Process of maintaining constant physical and chemical factors within an internal body environment is the definition of...

*Answer in lower case

Choose the correct statement

• Effector : the cells or tissue which detects the change due to the stimulus

• Effector : the cells or tissue, usually a gland or muscles which cause the response to happen

• Response : the transmission of the message via nerves, hormones or both, to the effector

• Feedback : only positive consequence of response from stimulus

Beta cells of the islets of Langerhands secrete ?

• Glucagon

• Glucose

• Insulin

• Glycogen

Examples of poikilotherms

• Birds

• Mammals

• Reptiles

• Fish

Homoiotherms are commonly referred to as

Thermoreceptors comprises 2 primary type, the ___________ for cold stimuli and the organ of Ruffini for heat stimuli.

Freshwater fish produce large volume of _________ from which solutes are removed by _______ into the capillaries.

• Urea, secretion

• Glomerular filtrate, selective reabsorbtion

• Urea, selective reabsorbtion

• Glomerular filtrate, secretion

Proteins -> amino acids -> NH2-> mammals, most amphibians, sharks, some bony fishes -> x

What is x?

• Ammonia ;)

• Urea O_o

• Uric acid ^_^

Key function of excretory system EXCEPT

• Filtration

• Secretion

• Reabsorption

• Storage

Reabsorption of NaCl through active transport happen at which part of the kidney?