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Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding arteries:

As blood volume increases, blood pressure ___________________.

Jayden is a 16 year old male and is experiencing a period of rapid growth.  Identify the hormone responsible for this growth:

This hormone increases our basal metabolic rate by increasing the activity of mitochondria:

Oxygen poor blood from the head will return to the heart by way of this vessel:

The pituitary gland releases a hormone that controls our waking and sleeping cycle.

Kathy has gained 40 pounds causing an increase in the length of her arteries, arterioles, and capillaries to supply the added tissue.  Predict the effect this will have on her blood pressure:

A target cell is any cell that has a receptor for a particular hormone.

This hormone, released during times of stress (perhaps right now), increases blood glucose, raises blood pressure, and reduces inflammation:

Colloidal osmotic pressure draws water and small molecules into a capillary.  It is primarily due to plasma proteins.