3 Flashcards
What do the ovaries make?
Estrogen and progesterone
What does the estrogen do?
What does the progesterone do?
- stimulates the development of female secondary sex characteristics at puberty and production of ova
- supports pregnancy
Interstitial cells of testers produce…….
Testosterone
What’s testosterone responsible for
Development of male secondary sex characteristics and sperm production
What does the Adrenal gland release? Function?
Epinephrine and norepinephrine( in the medulla)
helps the body deal with stress
In thymus gland, during childhood, it releases……..which stimulates………development
Thymosin, T cell
Where is the thymus gland located
Posterior to the sternum
Thymus gland is the site of maturation of……….
T lymphocytes (white blood cells)
Hormone levels in The blood are mainly maintained by……..
Feedback mechanism
Feedback control can be divided into two ways which are….
1) negative feedback mechanism
2) positive feedback mechanism
1) negative feedback mechanism
Stimulus or Low hormones in the blood sugars triggers the release of more hormones. Home and all the stops once an appropriate level in the blood is reached
2) positive feedback mechanism
Rising concentration of the a hormone acts on another gland to release second hormone, which further stimulates the first hormone
The hormone that is involved in case or stress is the?
Epinephrine
The target tissue of gonadotropic hormones is the?
Testes
