Please answer the following questions as completely as possible in your own words. Please include references and citations.
- Discuss the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems? How do they work together and support each other?
- Compare and contrast compact and spongy bone.
- What are the types of muscle tissue? What characteristics make each type unique?
- Briefly describe the role of calcium in the bone homeostasis and in skeletal muscle regulation. (think of the role of hormones and events during
muscle contraction) - How does the endocrine system affect reproductive development?
- Provide an example of each category of hormone release, Hormonal, Humoral, Neural. Describe the effect on the target cells.
- Describe a homeostatic imbalance of one of the systems we studied this semester. It can be any disease or imbalance of your choice. Describe
how it affects your selected body system. - What is the difference between a graded potential and action potential? How does this impact impulse transmission?
- What hormones are directly involved with sympathetic response? How do the target organs respond?
- Describe the sequence of the ovarian cycle. How do hormones regulate the cycle?