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Part 1:
1. What is the function of triiodothyronine?
2. What is the function of calcitonin?
3. What is hyperthyroidism? What are its effects on the body?
Part 2: The Parathyroid Gland
Questions:
A. What does parathyroid hormone (PTH) do?
B. Based on your answer to Question 1, can you live without your parathyroid glands? Why or why not?
Part 3: The Thymus Gland
Questions:
A. What does the hormone tymosin do?
B. Based on your answer to Question 1, explain why the thymus gland shrinks as we
reach adulthood.
Part 4: The Adrenal Gland
Questions:
A. The adrenal glands are in part controlled by the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system. Name the hormones involved in this regulation and the functions of each.
B. Where in the adrenal gland are mineralocorticoids made?
C. What are the functions of mineralocorticoids? Give an example of a mineralocorticoid hormone.
D. Where in the adrenal glands are glucocorticoids made?
E. What are the functions of glucocorticoids? Give an example of a glucocorticoid.
Part 5: The Pancreas
Questions:
A. Explain the difference between an exocrine gland and an endocrine gland.
B. What is the exocrine function of the pancreas?
C. What endocrine hormones does the pancreas produce? What is the function of each?
D. Diabetes is a serious health problem in the United States. Explain what diabetes is and the differences between the Type 1 and Type 2 forms of the disease.
Part 6: The Gonads
Questions:
A. What are the endocrine functions of the testes?
B. What does testosterone do?
C. What are the endocrine functions of the ovaries?
D. What do estrogen and progesterone do?
E. How do birth control pills work in terms of endocrine function?
Part 7: Endocrine System Review
a. Describe the effects that a malfunctioning pituitary gland would have on an individual?
b. Which endocrine glands would be most affected by prolonged mental stress on the body? (i.e. work, lack of time, worrying etc.) Explain your reasoning in detail.
c. Explain in general how a hormone works.
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Compute the effect of the lease on total
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Compute tabors fixed asset turnover ratio
: Compute Tabor's fixed asset turnover ratio. Compute the average age of Tabor's fixed assets. Comment on Tabor's fixed asset turnover ratios and the average age of the fixed assets.
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Define briefly dualism and monism
: Define briefly Dualism and Monism. Which philosophical approach best represents your day to day thought about human behavior? How would you go about the scientific study of behavior from each perspective (Dualism and Monism)? What are the advantag..
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A system has the transfer function
: A system has the transfer function: g(s)=7(9) / s(s^2 +(7+9) s + 7(9) a). write this transfer function in polynomial form and pole-zero form.
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Explain in general how a hormone works
: Which endocrine glands would be most affected by prolonged mental stress on the body? (i.e. work, lack of time, worrying etc.) Explain your reasoning in detail.
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Approved company and obtain the annual reports
: Visit the website of your chosen and approved company and obtain the annual reports for the previous three years. Note: Financial statements are contained within the annual reports. Read the Director's and/or Chairman's report as well as other qua..
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Find the equivalent transfer function
: Reduce the block diagrams below to find the equivalent transfer function a. (Case a only) First find unity feedback form, then find the equivalent overall transfer function
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Movement of the instantaneous centre
: Plot (or provide an animation) of the four bar mechanism in at least 3 positions throughout the motion (on one diagram). Describe how the mechanism is designed in order to maintain planar motion (i.e. how are constraints applied to limit motion).
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Tthe circuit given in the picture file
: For the circuit given in the picture file, the the mutual impedance M is j5 ohm. Find a) The magnitude b)The angle of Vo/Vs.
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