D3.3 Homeostasis
15 review questions with answers for D3.3 Homeostasis, marked SL and HL. Read them here, or play the set as a class game on the projector. Free to host, and students join with a code.
The hormone that increases water reabsorption in the kidney?
- ADH (Antidiuretic Hormone)Right answer
- Type 1 diabetes
- Islets of Langerhans
- Type 2 diabetes
All 15 questions and answers
The hormone that increases water reabsorption in the kidney?
Answer: ADH (Antidiuretic Hormone)
The functional unit of the kidney?
Answer: Nephron
The capillary network where high-pressure filtration occurs?
Answer: Glomerulus
The cup-shaped structure that surrounds the glomerulus?
Answer: Bowman's capsule
The region of the nephron responsible for creating a salt concentration gradient in the medulla?
Answer: Loop of Henle
The tube where final urine concentration occurs under the influence of ADH?
Answer: Collecting duct
The maintenance of a constant internal environment within narrow limits?
Answer: Homeostasis
The hormone that lowers blood glucose; secreted by pancreatic beta cells?
Answer: Insulin
The hormone that raises blood glucose; secreted by pancreatic alpha cells?
Answer: Glucagon
The organ with both endocrine (islets) and exocrine functions?
Answer: Pancreas
The clusters of endocrine cells in the pancreas?
Answer: Islets of Langerhans
The pancreatic cell that secretes glucagon?
Answer: Alpha cell
The pancreatic cell that secretes insulin?
Answer: Beta cell
Autoimmune destruction of beta cells leading to no insulin production?
Answer: Type 1 diabetes
Reduced response to insulin, often lifestyle-related?
Answer: Type 2 diabetes
Play it as a class game
Play this set opens it in splycr, where you can host it for your class straight away. Hosting needs no account: put the room code on the projector, and students join from a phone with the code and their first name. Each question plays as multiple choice, and the three wrong options are other answers from the same set.