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What two compensatory mechanisms occur to reverse hypoxia at high altitudes?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
1. Increase in erythropoietin 2. Increase in 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate (2,3-BPG)Continue reading
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What types of muscle have a sarcomere?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Skeletal and cardiac muscleContinue reading
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What hormone, in high levels, blocks milk production?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
EstrogenContinue reading
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What are the pituitary hormones associated with: Somatostatin?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Inhibits GH secretionContinue reading
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4 degrees cooler than the body How is the lower temperature of the testes maintained?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
By a countercurrent heat exchanger in the spermatic cordContinue reading
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What vessels are the resistance vessels and have the largest drop in pressure?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
ArteriolesContinue reading
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What are the sympathetic effects on the kidney?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
A decrease in GFR and an increase in filtration fraction: FF = GFR/RPF. (There is a larger decrease in the RPF than the GFR, resulting in an increase in the filtration fraction.)Continue reading
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How do you compensate for metabolic acidosis?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Hyperventilate (respiratory alkalosis)Continue reading
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What is associated with: Birbeck granules?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Histiocytosis XContinue reading
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What is protein-mediated transportation down a concentration gradient known as?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Facilitated transportContinue reading