Homework #6

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CHAPTER 24

• Describe the processes involved in anabolic and catabolic reactions

• List and describe the steps necessary for carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism

• Explain the processes that regulate glucose levels during the absorptive and postabsorptive states

• Explain how metabolism is essential to maintaining body temperature (thermoregulation)

• Summarize the importance of vitamins and minerals in the diet

CHAPTER 25

• Describe the composition of urine

• Label structures of the urinary system

• Characterize the roles of each of the parts of the urinary system

• Illustrate the macroscopic and microscopic structures of the kidney

• Trace the flow of blood through the kidney

• Outline how blood is filtered in the kidney nephron

• Provide symptoms of kidney failure

• List some of the solutes filtered, secreted, and reabsorbed in different parts of the nephron

• Describe the role of a portal system in the kidney

• Explain how urine osmolarity is hormonally regulated

• Describe the regulation of major ions by the kidney

• Summarize the role of the kidneys in maintaining acid–base balance

CHAPTER 26

• Identify the body’s main fluid compartments

• Define plasma osmolality and identify two ways in which plasma osmolality is maintained

• Identify the six ions most important to the function of the body

• Define buffer and discuss the role of buffers in the body

• Explain why bicarbonate must be conserved rather than reabsorbed in the kidney

• Identify the normal range of blood pH and name the conditions where one has a blood pH that is either too

high or too low

CHAPTER 27

• Describe the anatomy of the male and female reproductive systems, including their accessory structures

• Explain the role of hypothalamic and pituitary hormones in male and female reproductive function

• Trace the path of a sperm cell from its initial production through fertilization of an oocyte

• Explain the events in the ovary prior to ovulation

• Describe the development and maturation of the sex organs and the emergence of secondary sex

characteristics during puberty

CHAPTER 28

• List and explain the steps involved in fertilization

• Describe the major events in embryonic development

• Describe the major events in fetal development

• Discuss the adaptations of a woman’s body to pregnancy

• Describe the physiologic adjustments that the newborn must make in the first hours of extrauterine life

• Summarize the physiology of lactation