Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM


Top Flashcards (Certified)
All Flashcards

Anatomy lab > endocrine > Flashcards

endocrine Flashcards

1
Q

Hormone of darkness

A

Melatonin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

HAS A PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEPRESSING EFFECT IN SOME
PEOPLE

A

melatonin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

INHIBITS THE RELEASE OF HORMONES IN THE
HYPOTHALAMUS THAT STIMULATE THE PRODUCTION OF
SEX HORMONES

A

melatonin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Called hypophysis

A

Pituitary gland

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Adenohypophysis

A

Anterior pituitary

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Neurohypophysis

A

Posterior pituitary

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

SUSPENDED FROM THE BASE OF THE BRAIN BY A STALK
CALLED INFUNDIBULUM

A

Pituitary gland

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

ORIGINATES FROM THE ROOF OF THE ORAL CAVITY DURING EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT

A

Anterior pituitary

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

3 parts of anterior pituitary

A

Pars tubercles, pars intermedia, pars distalis

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

ANTERIOR PITUITARY IS COMPOSED OF

A

EPITHELIAL CELL

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

STIMULATES THE THYROID GLAND TO PRODUCE THYROID HORMONES

A

Thyroid stimulating hormone / thyrotropin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

PROMOTES THE GROWTH OF MOST OF THE CELLS AND TISSUES OF THE BODY

A

Growth hormone / somatotropin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

STIMULATES MAMMARY GLANDS TO BEGIN THE
PRODUCTION OF MILK

A

Prolactin/ luteotropin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

STIMULATES THE GROWTH AND CONTROL THE FUNCTION OF THE GONADS

A

Gonadotropins

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

TWO GONADOTROPINS

A

FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE
(FSH) AND LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

OVARIES AND TESTES

A

Gonads

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

STIMULATES THE PRODUCTION OF SEX CELLS IN THE OVARIES AND TESTES AND REGULATE THE PRODUCTION OF HORMONES,

A

FSH and LH

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

STIMULATES THE FINAL MATURATION OF THE OOCYTE AND CAUSES OVULATION

A

LH

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

CONTROLS HORMONE PRODUCTION IN THE ADRENAL
CORTEX

A

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN (ACTH)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

COMPOSED OF NERVOUS TISSUE THAT ORIGINATED FROM THE BASE OF THE BRAIN

A

Posterior pituitary

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

STIMULATES THE REABSORPTION AND RETENTION OF WATER BY THE KIDNEYS

A

Antidiuretic hormone

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Also known as vasopressin

A

ADH

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Cause arterioles to constrict

A

ADH

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

STIMULATES THE CONTRACTION OF THE CELLS OF THE MAMMARY GLANDS

A

Oxytocin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
NAME BECAUSE LOCATED NEAR THE THYROID CARTILAGE OF THE LARYNX
Thyroid
26
What connect the two lobes in thyroid
Isthmus
27
SURROUNDS THE COLLOID
Follicle cells
28
HOLDS LARGE AMOUNT OF THYROGLOBULIN
Colloid
29
A STORAGE MOLECULE CONSISTING OF MANY THYROID MOLECULES
THYROGLOBULIN
30
TWO PAIRS OF ORGANS IN THE POSTERIOR PORTION OF THE THYROID
PARATHYROID GLAND
31
SECRETES PARATHYROID HORMONE (PTH) / PARATHORMONE
chief cells
32
RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING CALCIUM LEVELS IN THE BLOOD
PARATHYROID HORMONE
33
ANTERIOR AND SUPERIOR TO THE HEART
thymus
34
active in young peope and important in immunocompetency
thymus
35
CAUSES MATURATION OF THE T CELLS
thymosin
36
ORIGINATE AS STEM CELLS IN THE BONE MARROW AND MIGRATE TO THE THYMUS.
t cells
37
FOREIGN MATERIALS THAT CAUSE IMMUNE REACTIONS. EX. VIRUSES AND TUMORS
antigens
38
A MIXED GLAND - HAS AN EXOCRINE FUNCTION AND AN ENDOCRINE FUNCTION
pancreas
39
INCREASE THE BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL CONVERTS GLYCOGEN TO GLUCOSE
glucagon
40
LOWERS THE BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL CONVERTS GLUCOSE TO GLYCOGEN
insulin
41
PRODUCED IN ALPHA CELLS ON PANCREATIC ISLETS
glucagon
42
PRODUCED IN BETA CELLS ON PANCREATIC ISLETS
insulin
43
secretes somatostatin
delta cells
44
INHIBITS INSULIN AND GLUCAGON SECRETION
somatostatin
45
LOCATED SUPERIOR TO THE KIDNEYS
adrenal glands
46
EACH ADRENAL GLAND IS COMPOSED OF AN OUTER __ AND INNER __
cortex ; medulla
47
IMPORTANT IN WATER AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE (NA, K) IN THE BODY
corticosteroid hormone
48
three region of adrenal cortex
zona glumerulosa zona fasciculata zona reticularis
49
CONSIST OF CLUSTER OF CELLS THAT SECRETE MINERALOCORTICOIDS (ESPECIALLY ALDOSTERONE)
zona glumerulosa
50
CONSIST OF PARALLEL BUNDLES OF CELLS THAT SECRETES GLUCOCORTICOIDS
zona fasciculata
51
CONSIST OF A BRANCHED PATTERN OF CELLS THAT PRODUCE BOTH GLUCOCORTICOIDS AND SEX HORMONES
zona reticularis
52
WEAK ANDROGEN PRODUCED IN BOTH MALES AND FEMALES. SECRETED FROM THE ADRENAL GLANDS BUT IS CONVERTED TO TESTOSTERONE IN OTHER TISSUE
dehydroandrostenedione
53
PRODUCE EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE
adrenal medulla
54
STIMULATED BY THE FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH) AND LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH) FROM THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY, WHICH CAUSES THE PRODUCTION OR MATURATION OF SEX CELLS AND INCREASE THE LEVEL OF SEX HORMONES PRODUCTION
gonads
55
PRODUCE TESTOSTERONE
testes
56
FOUND BETWEEN THE TUBULES AND THEY PRODUCE TESTOSTERONE
interstitial cell
57
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MALE GENITALIA DURING EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOR SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS
testosterone
58
AIDS FSH IN THE PRODUCTION OF SPERMATOZOA
testosterone
59
PRODUCE IN THE CORPUS LUTEUM
progesterone
60
PRODUCED BY THE FOLLICLE CELLS
estrogen
61
GENERIC TERM FOR SEVERAL HORMONES PRODUCE BY THE FEMALE
estrogen
62
FUNCTION AS ENDOCRINE GLAND IN THE SECRETION OF ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE DURING PREGNANCY
placenta
63
INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENDOMETRIUM, CAUSE THE MATURATION OF OOCYTES, AND REGULATE THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE
estrogen and progesterone
64
SECRETIONS ARE RELEASED DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOOD, NOT TO ANY TUBES OR DUCTS.
ductless secretion
65
GLANDS THAT SECRETES MATERIAL IN TUBULES OR DUCTS SUCH AS SWEAT AND SALIVARY GLANDS.
exocrine glands
66
ACTS AS HIGHWAYS TO CARRY THE HORMONES THROUGHOUT THE BODY
blood vessels
67
AREAS THAT ARE RECEPTIVE TO HORMONES.
target areas
68
CHEMICAL MESSENGER
hormones
69
types of hormone
water soluble and lipid soluble
70
INCLUDES PROTEINS, PEPTIDES, AMINO ACIDS
water soluble hormnes
71
INCLUDES STEROIDS AND EICOSANOIDS
lipid soluble hormones
72
EASILY PASS THROUGH THE CELL MEMBRANE AND NUCLEAR MEMBRANE
lipid soluble hormone
73
CANNOT PASS THROUGH THE CELL MEMBRANE
water soluble hormone
74
RESULTS IN HORMONES WHOSE CIRCULATING LEVELS ARE RELATIVELY CONSTANT.
CHRONIC HORMONE SECRETION
75
RESULTS IN HORMONE LEVELS THAT CAN VARY DRAMATICALLY.
acute hormone secretion
76
RESULTS IN A CYCLIC PATTERN OF HORMONE RELEASE.
episodic hormone secretion
77
DECREASES SECRETION OF THE TROPIC HORMONE
negative feedback
78
INCREASES SECRETION OF THE TROPIC HORMONE
positive feedback

Anatomy lab (5 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions