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Chapter 20 Part 1 Flashcards

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Releases neurotransmitters at synapses -effectors include neurons,muscles or glands -faster responses

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Nervous system

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Permits cell to respond to more then one hormone

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Cells that contain many specific receptors

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Nervous system; mostly by negative feedback system -chemical changes in blood -other hormones

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Secretion control

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Major link between nervous and endocrine system -controls anterior pituitary by releasing stimulating or inhibiting hormones -controls posterior pituitary by releasing hormones.

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Hypothalamus

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Attached to the hypothalamus -consists of anterior and posterior portions -anterior portions consists of 7 hormones -posterior portion consists of 2 hormones

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Pituitary gland

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Releases hormones into blood -effectors include all body cell types -slower longer lasting response

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Endocrine system

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Human growth hormone (hgh) thyroid stimulating hormone (tgh) follicle stimulating hormone (fsh) lutenizing hormone (LH) prolactin (PRL) adreninicortrophic hormone (ATCH) melanocyte (MSH)

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Anterior pituitary hormones

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