final quiz

A patient who has a high level of mast cell activity, dilation of blood vessels, and acute drop in blood pressure is likely suffering from _____.

anaphylactic shock immediately following exposure to an allergen

A salmon follows a scent trail upstream to find its way back to the stream where it hatched. What type of sensory receptor cell would it use?

chemoreceptors

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.An otherwise healthy student in your class is infected with EBV, the virus that causes infectious mononucleosis. The same student had already been infected when she was a child, at which time she had merely experienced a mild sore throat and swollen lymph nodes in her neck. This time, though infected, she does not get sick.The EBV antigen fragments will be presented by the virus-infected cells along with _____. Group of answer choices

class I MHC molecules

Prior to ovulation, the primary steroid hormone secreted by the growing follicle is _____.

estradiol

Bat echolocation (sonar) is most closely related to which human sensory system?

hearing

Predict the effects of a drug that increases adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) synthesis.

increase in glucocorticoid production

estrogen is a

lipid-soluble hormone

In correct chronological order, the three phases of the human uterine cycle are _____.

menstrual → proliferative → secretory

Clonal selection and differentiation of B cells activated by antigen exposure leads to the production of _____.

short-lived plasma cells that secrete antibodies for the antigen

Cave art by early humans recognized the existence of the major signs of inflammation. The most inclusive set of symptoms of inflammation that might appear in such early human art is _____.

swelling, heat, redness, and pain