Digestive System
1. What kind of feeder is the flesh fly? __________________________________________
2. What kind of feeder are we? _______________________________________________
3. Name 2 macro molecules: __________________________________________________
4. What produces saliva? __________________________________________________
5. What does the epiglottis do? _____________________________________________________
6. Does hydrochloric acid actually digest food? ____________________________
7. What are proteins broken up into? ___________________________________________
8. What does the pancreas do? ____________________________________________________
9. Where and how are nutrients absorbed after the food is digested? ______________________
10. What important things occur in the large intestine (colon)? ________________________
11. Why is the liver important? _________________________________________________
Endocrine System
1. What caused Robert to get as tall as he was? _____________________________
2. What is a synapse? __________________________________________
3. What is a gland? _______________________________________
4. Lipid soluble hormones can move _____________________into the cell while water soluble
hormones _______________________.
5. Pineal gland secretes ______________________ only at ________________________.
6. Pituitary gland can give off growth hormone which causes cells to ________________________.
7. Thyroid gland regulates ________________________________.
9. Parathyroid hormone raises ___________________________.
10. The pancreas secretes insulin which allows the cells to take in ________________________.
11. Ovaries give off _____________________________
12. Testes give off ______________________________
Homeostatic Loops
1. What is the thermostat for humans? ________________________________
2. What sends the messages from the hypothalamus to the capillaries and sweat glands? ____________
3. What happens to our skin when we get goose bumps? _______________________________
4. What shape is our homeostatic loop? __________________________
5. If our blood glucose goes up our pancreas secretes ______________________.
6. Why is blood calcium important? ____________________________________
7. If we have too much calcium in our blood, our bodies can lower this in what 2 ways? __________
8. What is osmolarity? _________________________________