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The main function of the nephrons and collecting ducts is to control the composition of body fluids and remove wastes from the blood. The product is urine, which is excreted from the body. Nephrons carry out three basic physiologic processes that allow the kidneys to perform their homeostatic functions: ……………………      

The lymphoid tissues are responsible for creating, storing, and processing lymphocytes, which are essentially the effector cells of the immune system. Which of the following is a lymphoid structure that is also responsible for recycling old red blood cells?

The ……………………., located below the lungs, is the major muscle of respiration. It is a large, dome-shaped muscle that contracts rhythmically and continually, and most of the time, involuntarily. (Indicated with number 3)      

What makes up the upper respiratory tract?      

……………………. is a small, saclike organ on the posterior side of the liver that stores and concentrates bile. (Indicates with number 11)      

……………………….  largest ligament; attaches the ovary to the uterus; a sheet of connective tissue, which anchors it to the lateral pelvic wall.?    

The heart lies within the pericardium, a membranous sac that secretes a small quantity of ________.    

The renal corpuscle is the glomerular capsule, which has two layers: (1) the outer parietal layer, which is ……………………………………..epithelium, (2) the inner visceral layer, which consists of cells called podocytes that surround the capillaries of the glomerulus.    

Calculate the heart rate for this tracing.    

The zygote, also called a conceptus undergoes multiple changes during the period of time known as………………….., the 40-week period extending from the mother’s last menstrual period to birth.