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A&P CHAPTER 16: ENDOCRINE SYSTEM Flashcards

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DOES THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM WORK SLOWER OF FASTER THAN NERVOUS SYSTEM?

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SLOWER

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WHAT DOES THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM SECRETE

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HORMONES

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PARACRINE VS AUTOCRINE SECRETIONS

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PARACRINE: AFFECT ONLY NEIGHBORING CELLS
AUTOCRINE: AFFECT THE SECRETING CELL ONLY

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HORMONES

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CHEMICAL MESSENGERS THAT DIFFUSE FROM BLOODSTREAM TO ACT ON TARGET CELLS AND REGULATE THEIR METABOLIC FUNCTIONS

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STEROID HORMONES DERIVE FROM

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CHOLESTEROL
EX. TESTOSTERONE, CORTISOL

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AMINES HORMONES DERIVE FROM

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AMINO ACIDS
EX. EPI, NOREPI

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GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES DERIVE FROM

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CARBS AND PROTEINS
EX: TSH

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PEPTIDE HORMONES DERIVE FROM

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AMINO ACIDS
EX: OXYTOCIN

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PROTEIN HORMONES DERIVE FROM

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AMINO ACIDS
EX: GH, PTH

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FIRST MESSENGER

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HORMONE THAT TRIGGERS ENTERING OF TARGET CELL BY HORMONE

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LEUKOTRIENES

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RELEASE SIGNALS THAT REGULATE INFLAMMATION AND ALLERGIC REACTIONS

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SECOND MESSENGERS

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BIOCHEMICALS IN CELL THAT CAUSE CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO THE HORMONES BINDING

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MAIN HORMONE THAT STIMULATES CELLULAR METABOLISM

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THYROXINE

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WHAT MECHANISM CONTROLS HORMONE SECRETION

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NEGATIVE FEEDBACK

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HUMORAL STIMULI

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CHANGING BLOOD LEVELS OF CERTAIN IONS AND NUTRIENTS TRIGGERS ENDOCRINE GLAND ACTIONS

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NEURAL STIMULI

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ENDOCRINE GLAND STARTS ACTION FROM NERVE FIBER STIMULATION

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HORMONAL STIMULI

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HORMONE RELEASES DUE TO THE PRODUCTION OF OTHER HORMONES

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PERMISSIVENESS HORMONE INTERACTION

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ONE HORMONE CANNOT EXERT ITS FULL EFFECTS WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF ANOTHER HORMONE

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SYNERGISM HORMONE INTERACTION

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ONE HORMONE PRODUCES THE SAME EFFECT AS ANOTHER HORMONE ON THE TARGET CELL, AMPLIFYING THEIR EFFECTS

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ANTAGONSIM HORMONE REACTION

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ONE HORMONE OPPOSES ANOTHER HORMONE’S ACTIONS

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WHAT DOES THE PITUITARY GLAND DO

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MANUFACTURES AND RELEASES A VARIETY OF HORMONES

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WHAT DOES THE HYPOTHALAMUS DO FOR THE PITUITARY GLAND

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SENDS RELEASING AND INHIBITING HORMONES/STIMULUS TO THE PITUITARY AND REGULATE ITS HORMONE SECRETIONS

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WHICH ONE IS THE “MASTER ENDOCRINE GLAND”

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ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND

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WHAT HORMONES REGULATE THE SECRETORY ACTIONS OF OTHER ENDOCRINE GLANDS

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TROPINS

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GH HORMONE

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GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING/INHIBITING
INCREASES SIZE AND DIVISION RATE OF BODY CELLS
GOES TO BONE/TISSUES

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PRL HORMONE

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PROLACTIN RELEASING
SUSTAINS MILK PRODUCTION AFTER BIRTH
GOES TO MAMMARY GLANDS

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TSH HORMONE

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THYROID RELEASING
CONTROLS THYROID GLAND HORMONE SECRETION
GOES TO THYROID

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ACTH HORMONE

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CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING
CONTROLS ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONE SECRETION
GOES TO ADRENAL CORTEX

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FSH HORMONE

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GONADOTROPIN RELEASING
ESTROGEN/EGG FOLLICLES AND SPERM CELLS
GOES TO OVARIES/TESTES

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LH HORMONE

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GROWTH HORMONE
PROMOTES SEX HORMONE SECRETION
GOES TO OVARIES/TESTES

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ADH

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ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE
CONSERVATION OF WATER IN KIDNEYS
INCREASES BP
GOES TO KIDNEYS

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“HUNGER HORMONE” AND WHAT IT STIMULATES THE RELEASE OF

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GHRELIN
RELEASE OF GROWTH HORMONE

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THYROXINE

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WHAT DOES THE ADRENAL CORTEX SYNTHESIZE

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CORTICOSTEROIDS

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MINERALOCORTICOIDS

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REGULATION OF ELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATIONS IN EXTRACELLULAR FLUIDS (POTASSIUM AND SODIUM)
FROM ADRENAL CORTEX

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ADLOSTERONE

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HELPS REGULATE EXTRACELLULAR ELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATIONS
FROM ADRENAL CORTEX

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CORTISOL

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DECREASES PROTEIN SYNTHESIS, ICREASES FATTY ACID RELEASE, STIMULATES GLUCOSE SYNTHESIS FROM NONCARBS
FROM HYPOTHALAMUS AND PITUITARY

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ADRENAL ANDROGENS

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INNER ZONE OF ADRENAL CORTEX
SUPPLEMENT SEX HORMONES

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GLUCOCORTICOIDS

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WHAT DOES THE ADRENAL MEDULLA SECRETE

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EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE

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EFFECTS OF EPI AND NOREPI ON HEART

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INCREASES RATE AND FORCE OF CONTRACTION

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EFFECTS OF EPI AND NOREPI ON BLOOD VESSELS

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EPI: DILATES SKELETAL MUSCLE VESSELS
NOREPI: CONSTRICTS BLOOD VESSELS IN SKIN/VISCERA

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EFFECTS OF EPI AND NOREPI ON BP

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EPI: SLIGHTLY INCREASES
NOREPI: INCREASES GREATLY

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EFFECTS OF EPI AND NOREPI ON AIRWAYS

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EPI: DILATES
NOREPI: DILATES SLIGHTLY

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EFFECTS OF EPI AND NOREPI ON BRAIN FORMATION

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EPI: ACTIVATES
NOREPI: LITTLE EFFECT

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EFFECTS OF EPI AND NOREPI ON LIVER

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EPI: INCREASES BGL
NOREPI: LITTLE EFFECT

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EFFECTS OF EPI AND NOREPI ON METABOLIC RATE

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INCREASES

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WHAT DOES THE PINEAL GLAND SECRETE

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MELATONIN

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THYMUS RELEASES WHAT HORMONES

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“THY’S”
THYMULIN, THYMOPOIETINS, THYMOSINS

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REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS RELEASE WHAT HORMONES

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ESTROGENS AND TESTOSTERONE

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GI TRACT RELEASE WHAT HORMONES

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GASTRIN AND GHRELIN

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HEART RELEASES WHAT HORMONES

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ATRIAL PEPTIDE: REDUCES BP AND VOLUME, DECREASES SODIUM IN EXTRACELLULAR FLUID

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ISLETS OF LANGERHANS

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IN PANCREAS
ALPHA CELLS: SECRETE GLUCAGON
BETAL CELLS: SECRETE INSULIN

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KIDNEYS RELEASE WHAT HORMONES

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ERYTHROPOIETIN: CAUSES BONE MARROW TO INCREASE PROTEIN PRODUCTION

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ADIPOSE TISSUE RELEASE WHAT HORMONES

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LEPTIN: INFORMS BODY HOW MUCH STORED FAT IS PRESENT
RESISTIN: INSULIN ANTAGONIST
ADIPONECTIN: ENAHNCES SENSITIVITY TO INSULIN

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SKELETON RELEASES WHAT HORMONE

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OSTEOCALCIN: SECRETES MORE INSULIN AND REDUCES BODY FAT BY IMPROVING HANDLING OF GLUCOSE

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SKIN RELEASES WHAT HORMONE

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CHOLECALCIFEROL: INACTIVE FORM OF VITAMIN D

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WHAT CONTROLS THE STRESS RESPONSE

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HYPOTHALAMUS

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