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Kidney Beens The Master Pass It On What’s Wrong? Guys & Gals Hodge Podge Final Jeopardy!

Kidney Beens 200 You have about 1 million of these functional units between your 2 kidneys –What is a nephron? Next Selection

Kidney Beens 400 This is probably the only part of your body designed to leak. –What is the glomerulus? Next Selection

Kidney Beens 600 This funnel-like part of your kidney collects filtrate on the first step to P. –What is the Bowman’s capsule? Next Selection

Kidney Beens 800 Selective reabsorption of useful molecules like glucose and amino acids occurs here. –What is the distal tubule? Next Selection

Kidney Beens 1000 These two compounds are the only ones secreted into the urine. –What are urea and ammonia? Next Selection

Kidney Beens 1200 This unique part has its permeability change to first allow salts and then water across. –What is the loop of Henle? Next Selection

The Master 200 This is the real name of the master gland. –What is the pituitary gland? Next Selection

The Master 400 This product has the power to change midgets to giants. –What is growth hormone? Next Selection

The Master 600 Through the release of TSH, the master gland has the power to control the rate of this energy related process. –What is cellular respiration or metabolism? Next Selection

The Master 800 This hormone, responsible for fluid balance, also prevents dehydration. –What is ADH? Next Selection

The Master 1000 This product has the power to make you stress out. –What is Adrenocorticotrophic hormone? Next Selection

The Master 1200 This product is the best known example of a positive feedback situation in humans. –What is oxytocin? (increases labour contractions) Next Selection

Pass It On 200 This messenger causes excess blood glucose to be placed in storage –What is insulin? Next Selection

Pass It On 400 Glucagon causes the breakdown of this compound during periods of low energy. –What is glycogen? Next Selection

Pass It On 600 This messenger is at high levels in athletes who are “in the zone”. –What is (nor)adrenaline or (nor)epinephrine ? Next Selection

Pass It On 800 This messenger targets the intestines, kidney and bones to increase blood calcium levels. –What is parathyroid hormone? Next Selection

Pass It On 1000 This messenger regulates the rate of glucose oxidation as well as metamorphosis in amphibians. –What is thyroxine? Next Selection

Pass It On 1200 This messenger stimulates the conversion of proteins to glucose, as well as repairing stress related damage. –What is cortisol? Next Selection

What’s Wrong? 200 This treatment for kidney failure involves an exchange of fluids artificially using diffusion based on concentration gradients. –What is dialysis? Next Selection

What’s Wrong? 400 This painful ailment can now be treated with shock-wave therapy. –What are kidney stones? Next Selection

What’s Wrong? 600 This diagnosis is indicated by high levels of blood sugar, large volumes of urine and frequent thirst –What is diabetes mellitus? Next Selection

What’s Wrong? 800 An excess of TSH caused by a lack of iodine can result in this obvious condition. –What is a goiter? Next Selection

What’s Wrong? 1000 Too little vitamin D and calcium absorption can cause this bone deformity. –What is rickets? Next Selection

What’s Wrong? 1200 This disorder is easily diagnosed by a purple coloured Biuret’s test. –What is Bright’s disease? Next Selection

Guys & Gals 200 This process in females results in the shedding of the endometrium. –What is menstruation? Next Selection

Guys & Gals 400 This male hormone is responsible for spermatogenesis and secondary characteristics. –What is testosterone? Next Selection

Guys & Gals 600 This stage in females results in the release of a mature egg. –What is ovulation? Next Selection

Guys & Gals 800 This pituitary hormone causes milk production in females –What is prolactin? Next Selection

Guys & Gals 1000 In males, this hormone results in the production of testosterone. –What is thyroxine? Next Selection

Guys & Gals 1200 This female organ increases the development of the endometrium and produces progesterone. –What is the corpus luteum? Next Selection

Hodge Podge 200 These tubes connect kidneys and bladder. –What are ureters? Next Selection

Hodge Podge 400 This organ is responsible for maintaining homeostasis and connecting the nervous and endocrine systems. –What is the hypothalamus? Next Selection

Hodge Podge 600 The juxtaglomerular apparatus is primarily responsible for this. –What is blood pressure? Next Selection

Hodge Podge 800 These cells in your brain are able to detect even early stages of dehydration. –What are osmoreceptors? Next Selection

Hodge Podge 1000 These chemicals increase muscle mass by targetting the DNA directly, increasing protein synthesis. –What are anabolic steroids? Next Selection

Hodge Podge 1200 Protein based hormones transfer their message by binding to cell membrane receptors which activate this compound. –What is cyclic AMP? Next Selection

Final JEOPARDY ! Medication and Drugs… Prepare your Bids NOW!

Medication and Drugs These calming drugs reduce stress and slow your heart rate. What are Beta blockers? And the winner is…