Question 1
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What is the term used to describe the body's way of maintaining internal conditions?
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Body-balance
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Homeostasis
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Corpomaintenance
Question 2
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How is urea made?
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Breaking down urine molecules
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Deamination of amino acids
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Product of anaerobic respiration
Question 3
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Which of these are the main types of homeostasis?
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Thermoregulation
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Fluororegulation
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Hydroregulation
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Osmoregulation
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Glucoregulation
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Haemoregulation
Question 4
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Which of these are structures found in the human kidney?
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Bowman's capsule
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Renal artery
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Carotid artery
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Nephron
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Diaphragm
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Islets of Langerhans
Question 5
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What is the name of the process of changing the rate of reabsorption in the kidneys?
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Ultrafiltration
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Selective reabsorption
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Renal feedback
Question 6
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True or false? Urine is coloured yellow due to the presence of urobilins.
Question 7
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True or false? Dialysis is a natural process occurring in the human body.
Question 8
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Which of these does dialysis fluid not contain?
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Glucose
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Mineral ions
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Urea
Question 9
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True or false? Immunosuppressant drugs lower the risk of complications and diseases during a transplant.
Question 10
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True or false? Xenotransplantation involves the abstraction of human organs from genetically engineered pigs.
Question 11
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How high is the normal human core body temperature?
Question 12
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Where is the thermoregulatory centre located?
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Hypothalamus
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Pons
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Pituitary gland
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Spleen
Question 13
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Which of these processes occur when the core body temperature rises?
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Vasodilation
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Vasoconstriction
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Sweating
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Shivering
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Hairs lie flat
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Hairs stand on end
Question 14
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Which of these processes occur when the core body temperature falls?
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Vasodilation
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Vasoconstriction
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Sweating
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Shivering
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Hairs lie flat
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Hairs stand on end
Question 15
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True or false? Everyone in the UK automatically becomes an organ donor unless they opt out.
Question 16
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True or false? Elderly people are more likely to suffer from hypothermia, contributing to the excess winter mortality.
Question 17
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Where is the hormone insulin produced?
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Thyroid gland
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Pancreas
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Spleen
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Pituitary gland
Question 18
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What does insulin do?
Question 19
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What does glucagon do?
Question 20
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True or false? Type 2 diabetes is the type of diabetes in which the pancreas makes insufficient insulin.