18 Flashcards
endocrine glands are
ductless and secrete internally
hormones
chemical messengers in the blood stream
can be distant
hormones secreted by
endocrine glands or speciallized cells in other organs
endocirne effect speed and duration
slower, longer
endocrine targets
wider variety, far targets
neruoendocrine cells
when nervous system and endocrine collab
hypophyseal portal system
blood vessels that connect hypothalamus and anterior pit gland
caused hormones to be released from pit
posterior pit gland how much it makes up
1/3
somatostatin
inhibituory relsease of growth hormone and thyroid stuff
posterior pit gland
to store and release the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin (antidiuretic hormone).
oxytocin
mommy baby bond hormone
organsim hormone
neruohypophysis
nervous tissue like axons of hypothalamic neruons from hypo-hypo tract
a part of the pituitary gland that stores and releases hormones that regulate fluid balance and reproductive function
acidophils and basophils
hormone secreting cells in anterior lobe
acromegly
excess growth hormone secretion after puberty
cna be becasue of a tumor
anter pit gland secrete
gowth hormone
Pituitary drawfism
too little secretion of growth hormone in childhood
pineal glnad/ epiphysis cerebri location
roof of thrid ventricle
posterior end of corpus collosum
pineal glnad/ epiphysis cerebri
releases meletonin
circadian rythm and mood
pinela gland involution at
puberity (75%)
thymus
bilobed gland
maturation of white blood cells (T)
hormons to stim lymphatic organs
role in immunity
thymus size in infants
larges asf, shrink at 14
hormon stim lymp organs are
thymopoietin, thymosin, thymulin