physiology exam review, part 2

REVIEW EXAM 2

PART 2

1. Taste buds: nature and location
2. Mechanism of taste buds
3. Second messenger pathway for olfaction
4. Light refraction in the eye
5. Distribution of rods and cones in the retina
6. Distinguish between emmetropic, myopic and hyperopic eye conditions
7. Path of impulse conduction from retina to brain
8. Accommodation effects in the eye
9. Structure and function of rhodopsin
10. Events occurring in the Dark Current reaction
11. Mechanics of ear
12. Nature of sound waves
13. Structure and function of the cochlea
14. Nature of skin receptors
15. Feedback cycle of hormones (thyroid, ovary, testes)
16. Passage of hormones into cell
17. Second messenger cycle for hormones
18. Pituitary hormones (anterior vs. posterior)
19. Secretion of hormones from:
    1. Pancreas
    2. Adrenal cortex
    3. Adrenal medulla
    4. Thymus
    5. Parathyroid
    6. Thyroid
    7. Testes, ovary

20 Influence of hypothalamus

20. Tropic hormones
21. Hyperglycemic hormones
22. Diseases: Cretinism, Acromegaly, Addisons disease, Diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, Giantism, Tetany, Graves disease, goiter, myxedema