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Endocine System Flashcards

1
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Which control system is quick and localized?

A

Neural Controls

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2
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Which system is slow and widespread?

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Hormonal Controls

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3
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How do circulating hormones travel?

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Through the blood

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4
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Which type of signal only acts on the cells that release them?

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Autocrine

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5
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Which type of signal only acts on neighboring cells, not distant targets?

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Paracrine

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6
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What are biologically active lipids which act in an an autocrine or paracrine manner?

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Eiscosanoids

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7
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What lipid influences inflammation, ion transport, sleep, and other activities?

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Eicosanoids

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8
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What are steroids made out of?

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Cholesterol

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9
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Amino acid based hormones generally bind at the cell’s surface, except…?

A

The thyroid hormone

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10
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Which type of hormone enters the cell and interacts directly with the DNA?

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Steroids

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11
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If the signal for an organ to release is the level of a chemical in the blood, what type of signal is it?

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Humoral

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12
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If the signal for an organ to release a hormone is transmitted by the nervous system, what type of signal is it?

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Neural

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13
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If the signal for an organ to release a hormone is a releasing hormone, what type of signal is it?

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Hormonal

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14
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What type of feedback limits Hormone production?

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Negative feedback

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15
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What does the pituitary gland suspend from?

A

The Hypothalamus

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16
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What connects the pituitary and the hypothalamus?

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The infundibulum

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17
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What transports hormones from the Hypothalamus to the pituitary?

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The Infundibulum

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18
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What is another name for the pituitary gland?

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Hypophysis

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19
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What is another name for the anterior portion of the pituitary gland?

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Adenohypophysis

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20
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What is the posterior position of the neurohypophysis called?

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Neurohypophysis

21
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What two parts of the brain regulate the secretion of every hormone in the body?

A
  1. Hypothalamus

2. Pituitary

22
Q

What part of the pituitary gland secretes GH?

A

The adenohypohysis

23
Q

The development and activity of the thyroid gland is controlled by which hormone?

A

Thyrotropin (TSH)

24
Q

What regulates the release of corticosteroids?

25
Q

Which two gonadotropins are produced during and after puberty?

A

LH and FSH

26
Q

Which hormone stimulates milk production by the breasts?

27
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What are the two hormones released by the Neurohypophysis?

A
  1. Oxytocin

2. Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)

28
Q

What does ADH promotes water retention by what?

A

The kidneys

29
Q

The phrase “Thyroid Hormone” refers to what two things?

30
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What is another name for T4?

31
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Most cells in the body are target cells for which hormone?

A

The thyroid hormone

32
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T3 and T4 increased what two things?

A
  1. Increased metabolic rate

2. Heat

33
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What regulates calcium metabolism?

A

Calcitonin

34
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Calcitonin stimulates ____ and inhibits _____.

A

Osteoblasts; Osteoclasts

35
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Calcitonin promotes what?

A

Bone Density

36
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Follicle cells in the thyroid gland produce what?

A

Thyroglobulin

37
Q

Which hormone increases calcium in the blood?

38
Q

What type of corticosteroid regulates the concentrations of ions in the blood?

A

Mineralocorticoids

39
Q

What hormone is secreted in response to low blood volume caused by water loss?

A

Aldosterone

40
Q

What is released by the adrenal cortex in response to stress?

A

Corticosteroids

41
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Which corticosteroids provides energy for ‘fight or flight’ functions?

A

Glucocorticoids

42
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What is the principal glucocorticoid in humans?

43
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Which hormone is responsible for the appearance of secondary sex characteristics and sex drive?

44
Q

What are the two hormones produced by the pancreas?

A
  1. Glucagon

2. Insulin

45
Q

Glucagon is released in response to what?

A

Low sugar levels

46
Q

What is the acidification of the blood due to high ‘ketone body’ levels called?

A

Ketoacidosis

47
Q

What are the two major products of the ovaries>

A

Estrogen and progesterone

48
Q

What hormone produced by the heart reduces blood pressure, blood volume, and blood sodium concentration?

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