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Bio Reviewer 4TH QTR
Bio Reviewer 4TH QTR
● Thermoregulation
POSITIVE FEEDBACK
● Stimulus adds more stimulus
to the bod.
● Pregnancy
○ High oxytocin levels –
Adds more oxytocin
★ Negative feedback ● Cuts
○ Gain balance ○ Bleeding – bleeds
■ Eating sugar - more in order for the
increasing sugar level platelets to clot the
■ Makes sugar level go blood.
down
● Melanocytes
- in the layer of basal
cells at the deepest
part of the epidermis
- cell in the skin and
eyes that produces
and contains the
pigment called melanin
● Merkel Cell
- special type of cell
found right below the
epidermis (top layer of
skin)
- receive the sensation
of touch and may be
involved in touch
➢ Aquatic locomotion
○ movement through water
either by swimming or by
progression in contact with the
substrate
Hydrostatic skeletons
GLANDS - use a cavity filled with water
- An organ that makes one or more - jellyfish and sea anemones
substances, such as hormones,
digestive juices, sweat, tears, saliva, Exoskeletal - meaning outside shell
or milk (mollusks & crabs)
TENDON
- Attaches muscles to bones
Parts of Testis
● Testis - spermatozoa and
testosterone
● Rete Testis - helps move sperm cells
● Vas Deferens - passage for
ejaculation
● Seminiferous Tubules - site for
spermatogenesis
● Tunica Albuginea - connective
tissue capsule / “white tunic”
Gametes
1. Oogenesis - process of the formation
of a mature ovum from the oogonia in
females
2. Spermatogenesis - process by
which sperm cell production occurs