Medicine and the Body

What’s inside

• Which structure is primarily responsible for filtering waste products from the blood and producing urine?
• Which immune cells produce antibodies during an adaptive immune response?
• What is the main physiological effect of insulin?
• Which part of the brain plays the central role in coordinating balance and fine motor control?
• Gas exchange between air and blood occurs mainly in the tiny lung structures called [____].
• The hormone responsible for stimulating red blood cell production is called [____].
• During an action potential, the rapid depolarization of a neuron is primarily caused by the influx of [____] ions.
• The muscular organ that pumps blood through the systemic and pulmonary circulations is the [____].