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endocrine Flashcards

1
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Hormone of darkness

A

Melatonin

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2
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HAS A PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEPRESSING EFFECT IN SOME
PEOPLE

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melatonin

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3
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INHIBITS THE RELEASE OF HORMONES IN THE
HYPOTHALAMUS THAT STIMULATE THE PRODUCTION OF
SEX HORMONES

A

melatonin

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4
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Called hypophysis

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Pituitary gland

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Adenohypophysis

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Anterior pituitary

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Neurohypophysis

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Posterior pituitary

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7
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SUSPENDED FROM THE BASE OF THE BRAIN BY A STALK
CALLED INFUNDIBULUM

A

Pituitary gland

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ORIGINATES FROM THE ROOF OF THE ORAL CAVITY DURING EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT

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Anterior pituitary

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3 parts of anterior pituitary

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Pars tubercles, pars intermedia, pars distalis

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ANTERIOR PITUITARY IS COMPOSED OF

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EPITHELIAL CELL

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STIMULATES THE THYROID GLAND TO PRODUCE THYROID HORMONES

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Thyroid stimulating hormone / thyrotropin

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12
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PROMOTES THE GROWTH OF MOST OF THE CELLS AND TISSUES OF THE BODY

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Growth hormone / somatotropin

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13
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STIMULATES MAMMARY GLANDS TO BEGIN THE
PRODUCTION OF MILK

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Prolactin/ luteotropin

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14
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STIMULATES THE GROWTH AND CONTROL THE FUNCTION OF THE GONADS

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Gonadotropins

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15
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TWO GONADOTROPINS

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

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16
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OVARIES AND TESTES

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Gonads

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17
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STIMULATES THE PRODUCTION OF SEX CELLS IN THE OVARIES AND TESTES AND REGULATE THE PRODUCTION OF HORMONES,

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FSH and LH

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18
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STIMULATES THE FINAL MATURATION OF THE OOCYTE AND CAUSES OVULATION

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LH

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19
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CONTROLS HORMONE PRODUCTION IN THE ADRENAL
CORTEX

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ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN (ACTH)

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20
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COMPOSED OF NERVOUS TISSUE THAT ORIGINATED FROM THE BASE OF THE BRAIN

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Posterior pituitary

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21
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STIMULATES THE REABSORPTION AND RETENTION OF WATER BY THE KIDNEYS

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Antidiuretic hormone

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22
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Also known as vasopressin

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ADH

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23
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Cause arterioles to constrict

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ADH

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24
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STIMULATES THE CONTRACTION OF THE CELLS OF THE MAMMARY GLANDS

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Oxytocin

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25
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NAME BECAUSE LOCATED NEAR THE THYROID CARTILAGE OF THE LARYNX

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Thyroid

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26
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What connect the two lobes in thyroid

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Isthmus

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27
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SURROUNDS THE COLLOID

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Follicle cells

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28
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HOLDS LARGE AMOUNT OF THYROGLOBULIN

A

Colloid

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29
Q

A STORAGE MOLECULE CONSISTING OF
MANY THYROID MOLECULES

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THYROGLOBULIN

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30
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TWO PAIRS OF ORGANS IN THE POSTERIOR PORTION OF THE THYROID

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PARATHYROID GLAND

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31
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SECRETES PARATHYROID HORMONE (PTH) / PARATHORMONE

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chief cells

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32
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RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING CALCIUM LEVELS IN THE
BLOOD

A

PARATHYROID HORMONE

33
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ANTERIOR AND SUPERIOR TO THE HEART

A

thymus

34
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active in young peope and important in immunocompetency

A

thymus

35
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CAUSES MATURATION OF THE T CELLS

A

thymosin

36
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ORIGINATE AS STEM CELLS IN THE BONE
MARROW AND MIGRATE TO THE THYMUS.

A

t cells

37
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FOREIGN MATERIALS THAT CAUSE IMMUNE REACTIONS. EX. VIRUSES AND TUMORS

A

antigens

38
Q

A MIXED GLAND - HAS AN EXOCRINE FUNCTION AND AN ENDOCRINE FUNCTION

A

pancreas

39
Q

INCREASE THE BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL
CONVERTS GLYCOGEN TO GLUCOSE

A

glucagon

40
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LOWERS THE BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL
CONVERTS GLUCOSE TO GLYCOGEN

A

insulin

41
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PRODUCED IN ALPHA CELLS ON PANCREATIC ISLETS

A

glucagon

42
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PRODUCED IN BETA CELLS ON PANCREATIC ISLETS

A

insulin

43
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secretes somatostatin

A

delta cells

44
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INHIBITS INSULIN AND GLUCAGON SECRETION

A

somatostatin

45
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LOCATED SUPERIOR TO THE KIDNEYS

A

adrenal glands

46
Q

EACH ADRENAL GLAND IS COMPOSED OF AN OUTER
__ AND INNER __

A

cortex ; medulla

47
Q

IMPORTANT IN WATER AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE (NA,
K) IN THE BODY

A

corticosteroid hormone

48
Q

three region of adrenal cortex

A

zona glumerulosa
zona fasciculata
zona reticularis

49
Q

CONSIST OF CLUSTER OF CELLS THAT SECRETE
MINERALOCORTICOIDS (ESPECIALLY ALDOSTERONE)

A

zona glumerulosa

50
Q

CONSIST OF PARALLEL BUNDLES OF CELLS THAT SECRETES GLUCOCORTICOIDS

A

zona fasciculata

51
Q

CONSIST OF A BRANCHED PATTERN OF CELLS THAT
PRODUCE BOTH GLUCOCORTICOIDS AND SEX HORMONES

A

zona reticularis

52
Q

WEAK ANDROGEN PRODUCED IN BOTH MALES AND FEMALES. SECRETED FROM THE ADRENAL GLANDS BUT IS CONVERTED TO TESTOSTERONE IN OTHER TISSUE

A

dehydroandrostenedione

53
Q

PRODUCE EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE

A

adrenal medulla

54
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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

A

gonads

55
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PRODUCE TESTOSTERONE

A

testes

56
Q

FOUND BETWEEN THE TUBULES AND
THEY PRODUCE TESTOSTERONE

A

interstitial cell

57
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RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MALE GENITALIA DURING EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOR SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS

A

testosterone

58
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AIDS FSH IN THE PRODUCTION OF SPERMATOZOA

A

testosterone

59
Q

PRODUCE IN THE CORPUS LUTEUM

A

progesterone

60
Q

PRODUCED BY THE FOLLICLE CELLS

A

estrogen

61
Q

GENERIC TERM FOR SEVERAL HORMONES PRODUCE BY
THE FEMALE

A

estrogen

62
Q

FUNCTION AS ENDOCRINE GLAND IN THE SECRETION OF ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE DURING PREGNANCY

A

placenta

63
Q

INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENDOMETRIUM, CAUSE THE MATURATION OF OOCYTES, AND REGULATE THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE

A

estrogen and progesterone

64
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SECRETIONS ARE RELEASED DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOOD, NOT TO ANY TUBES OR DUCTS.

A

ductless secretion

65
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GLANDS THAT SECRETES MATERIAL IN TUBULES OR DUCTS SUCH AS SWEAT AND SALIVARY GLANDS.

A

exocrine glands

66
Q

ACTS AS HIGHWAYS TO CARRY THE HORMONES THROUGHOUT THE BODY

A

blood vessels

67
Q

AREAS THAT ARE RECEPTIVE TO HORMONES.

A

target areas

68
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CHEMICAL MESSENGER

A

hormones

69
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types of hormone

A

water soluble and lipid soluble

70
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INCLUDES PROTEINS, PEPTIDES, AMINO ACIDS

A

water soluble hormnes

71
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INCLUDES STEROIDS AND EICOSANOIDS

A

lipid soluble hormones

72
Q

EASILY PASS THROUGH THE CELL MEMBRANE AND NUCLEAR MEMBRANE

A

lipid soluble hormone

73
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CANNOT PASS THROUGH THE CELL MEMBRANE

A

water soluble hormone

74
Q

RESULTS IN HORMONES WHOSE CIRCULATING LEVELS ARE RELATIVELY CONSTANT.

A

CHRONIC HORMONE SECRETION

75
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RESULTS IN HORMONE LEVELS THAT CAN VARY DRAMATICALLY.

A

acute hormone secretion

76
Q

RESULTS IN A CYCLIC PATTERN OF HORMONE RELEASE.

A

episodic hormone secretion

77
Q

DECREASES SECRETION OF THE TROPIC HORMONE

A

negative feedback

78
Q

INCREASES SECRETION OF THE TROPIC HORMONE

A

positive feedback

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