Practice Physiology & Critical Care questions with answers and explanations.
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Parathyroid hormone is a hormone that raises plasma calcium through bone, kidney and vitamin-D related effects.
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Gastrin is a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates gastric acid secretion and mucosal growth.
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Erythropoietin is a renal hormone that stimulates red-cell production in bone marrow during hypoxia.
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Ovulation is release of a mature oocyte from the dominant follicle after the mid-cycle luteinising hormone surge.
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Primary haemostasis is formation of a platelet plug at a site of vascular injury.
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Vestibulo-ocular reflex is a reflex that stabilises gaze during head movement by producing compensatory eye movement.
