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Insulin

• lowers your blood sugar levels
• blocks the sugar in your bloodstream from doing what it is supposed to do
• gives you diabetes

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When blood calcium levels drop, what happens to PTH?

• it increases to increase blood calcium levels
• it decreases to increase blood calcium levels
• it increases to decrease blood calcium levels
• it is unchanged

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Sudoriferous Gland

• K

• L

• M

• N

• O

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The pancreas releases insulin when:

• Stress hormones rise

• Blood glucose levels get low

• A person exercise

• Blood glucose levels rise after eating

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What is the function of insulin?

• it regulates the amount of glucose in the blood

• it regulates the amount of glucagon in the blood

• it works with glucose to allow cells to make proteins

• it works with glucose to regulate body temperature

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Blood sugar regulation is an example of

• negative feedback

• positive feedback

• neutral feedback

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What is released by the pancreas when blood sugar is low?

• glucose
• glucagon
• insulin
• glycogen

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A thermostat in a central heating system can determine the temperature of your living room. It switches the air conditioner on when the temperature increases to a predetermined level and shuts it off when it cools to another level. The room temperature remains within a comfortable level regardless of the temperature outside

• Positive Feedback

• Negative Feedback

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Not enough urine production

• anuria

• polyurea

• oliguria

• nocturea

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Nemo and other ocean dwelling fish cannot survive in freshwater because......

• freshwater is hypertonic to Nemo's cells and will result in water leaving them causing the cells to shrink

• freshwater is hypotonic to Nemo's cells and will result in water leaving them causing the cells to shrink

• freshwater is hypertonic to Nemo's cells and will result in water entering them causing the cells to swell and burst

• freshwater is hypotonic to Nemo's cells and will result in water enter them causing the cells to swell and burst

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