6.4 Endocrine System Flashcards
What does the endocrine contain and what does it release?
What are hormones?
What are the 4 functions of hormones?
What is a gland
What other system does the thymus help with and how?
Thymus plays a criticole role in the immunne system and helps with t cell developement
What do some people call the adrenal glands?
Adrenal glands are the hats of the endocrine system.
What are the three main types of hormones?
What is an amino-acid based hormone made of?
What is a steroid hormone. made of?
What is a peptide hormone made of?
4 steps for amino acid based hormones in binding?
4 steps for Steroid hormones in binding?
How are hormones transported through the body system?
What is a target cell?
What does the hormone bind to on the target cell?
Know the cycle of regulating blood glucose levels? What do alpha and beta cells do?
Compare the Nervous and Endocrine system on: Cells, Chemical signal, Specificity of action, Speed of onset, duration of action?
What does the hypothalomus do in the endocrine system?
What is the pituitary gland controlled by?
What are the 2 regions of the pituitary gland?
What does the posterior pituitary do?
What 2 hormones does the posterior pituitary gland produce?
What does oxytocin do?
What does ADH do?
What 6 hormones does the Anterior Pituitary produce?
What is prolactin?
Where is the thyroid gland?
What does the thyroid gland do? What hormones does it produce?
What do T4 and T3 do?
What is TSH?
What is hyperthyroidism? What are the symptoms?
What is hypothyroidism? What are the symptoms?
What is a goiter? What is it commonly caused by?
What is iodine needed for?
Where are the parathyroid glands and what do they do?
Explain the relationship between the parathyroid glands and the thyroid gland?
Where are the adrenal glands? What do they do?
What are the two components of the adrenal glands?
What does the adrenal cortex do? What hormones does it produce?
What does coricosteroids do?
What does mineralcoticoids do?
What does the adrenal medulla do? What hormone does it produce?
What does the epinephrine hormone do?
What does the norepinephrine hormone do?
What two systems does the Pancreas work in?
What are the endocrine functions of the pancreas?
What are the exocrine functions of the pancreas?
What is Diabetes?
Complications of high blood glucose levels
High amounts of glucose builds up in small blood vessels throughout the body causing damage and reduce the amount of blood flow
Increases chance of heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease
What is diabetes mellitus(type 1)? Cause, result, treatment?
What is diabetes mellitus(type 2)? Cause, result, treatment?
What do gonaads do?
What are gonads in females and males?
What do the gonad hormones do?
What are the testes?
What is the fetal developement of testes?
What is puberty developement of testes?
What are the ovaries?
What is the fetal developement of the ovaries?
What is the puberty developement of the ovaries?
What is the menstrual cycle?
