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Refer to Figure 3.  Your patient needs to take a calcium supplement every morning because they aren’t getting enough calcium in their diet. Which of the labeled cells or tissue structures in this figure would be most active when they forget to take their calcium?  Name the active cells or tissue structure: [a] Identify the label from the figure: [b] What hormone would it be making? [c]

Refer to Figure 9.  The vessels labeled A and B on this figure are approximately the same diameter but they are not the same type of vessel. The numbers are labeling the layers of their blood vessel walls. As you know, the tissue layers that make up every blood vessel have the same names, but they may have important differences in the type of tissue found there.  Name the tissue layer that is #2 on A and #5 on B: [a] Is this layer made the same for both vessels? If yes, just name the tissue type found there. If no, explain what is different between the vessels. [b]

Refer to Figure 7.  Identify the blood cell or component labeled by the numbers below. Be specific!  Cell #1: [a] Cell #5:: [b] Cell #10: [c]

Refer to Figure 2.  Identify the endocrine organs from which the following histology samples were taken. Sample D: [a] Sample E: [b] Sample F: [c]

Refer to Figure 7.  Identify the blood cell or component labeled by the numbers below. Be specific!  Cell #2: [a] Cell #6:: [b] Cell #14: [c]

To be diagnosed with PTSD, individuals must have been exposed to a situation where actual or threatened death occurred.

While this may hold for many psychological disorders, social and family support have been identified as _____ factors for individuals prone to develop PTSD.

An increase in intracellular [K+] will cause the cell to

The inward flow, down a concentration gradient, of a solute or solvent is termed , while the outflow of a solute or solvent is termed .

To elicit an action potential, an excitable cell membrane must