Chapter 32 Flashcards
What is the endochrine system?
hormones produced in one location that effects somewhere else in the body, they can exist for seconds,days, years, it is a slow change that is determined by response receptors.
what is the nervous system?
signals generated in single/multiple locations & can act locally/elsewhere, signals last a min/sec and can be produced at a high rate, with a fast channel, and it can be specifically determined by connections and/ receptor response.
what is the endochrine pathway?
stimulus—->endochrine cell—->hormone—-> effector cell—-> RESPONSE
what is the neuroendochrine to neueroendochrine pathway
stimulus—> sensory cell—->neurotransmitter—-> central nervous system—->neurohormone——>endochrine cell—->hormone—-> effector cell—>RESPONSE
are all endochrine glands endochrine glands?
(secrete into blood) digestive glands are exochrine glands (secrete into ducts)
thyroid/parathroid:
metabolic process
adrenal:
fight/flight
pineal:
biological rhythms
hypothalamus:
control of posterier pituitary
posterior pituitary:
reproductive—> kidney
anterior pitutitary
reproductive, adrenal functional, growth
pancreas:
digestion, glucose, metabolism
gonads
testies, ovaries, secondary sex characters/reproductive
what is the theme of kidneys?
pump everything into one location and extract what you want
malpighiantubes?
hemolymphh (water, nutrients, and nitrogenous waste)