Endocrine

Question 1

Chemical messengers released into blood or lymph

Answer 1

Hormone

Question 2

This happens when the hormone reaches their target

Answer 2

Sequence of events that makes the target cell carry out a particular function

Question 3

2 common characteristics among endocrine organs

Answer 3

Ductless (have to dump directly into blood or lymph)

Highly vascularized

Question 4

Major endocrine glands

Answer 4

Hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroids, adrenals, pineal, thymus, pancreas, gonads

Question 5

Organ also in nervous system

Answer 5

Hypothalamus

Question 6

Organ also in lymphatic/immune system

Answer 6

Thymus

Question 7

Organ also in digestive system

Answer 7

Pancreas
Stomach
Liver
Small intestine

Question 8

Organs also in reproductive system

Answer 8

Gonads (ovaries/testes)

Placenta

Question 9

Organ also in excretory/urinary system

Answer 9

Kidneys

Question 10

Organ also in cardiovascular system

Answer 10

Heart

Question 11

What tissue also involved

Answer 11

Adipose

Question 12

Production of ADH, oxytocin, regulatory hormones

Answer 12

Hypothalamus

Question 13

ACTH, TSH,GH PRL FSH LH MSH

Other lobe release of oxytocin and ADH

Answer 13

Pituitary gland

Anterior then posterior

Question 14

Thyroxine (T4) triiodothyronine (T3) calcitonin

Answer 14

Thyroid

Question 15

Thymosins

Answer 15

Thymus

Question 16

Epinephrine norepinephrine

Answer 16

Adrenal medulla of adrenal

Question 17

Cortisol coritosterone aldosterone androgens

Answer 17

Adrenal cortex of adrenal

Question 18

Melatonin

Answer 18

Pineal

Question 19

Parathyroid hormone

Answer 19

Parathyroid

Question 20

Natriuretic peptides:

ANP BNP

Answer 20

Heart

Question 21

Erythropoietin EPO

Calcitriol

Answer 21

Kidney

Question 22

Leptin

Resistin

Answer 22

Adipose tissue

Question 23

Numerous hormones

Answer 23

Digestive tract

Question 24

Insulin glucagon

Answer 24

Pancreatic islets

Question 25

Testes: androgens (testosterone) inhibin Ovaries: estrogens progestins inhibin

Answer 25

Gonads

Question 26

Cells that respond to specific hormones

Answer 26

Target cells

Question 27

Hormone aka

Answer 27

Chemical messenger

Question 28

Small molecules derived from amino acids that have different side groups than the amino acid compromising proteins

Answer 28

Amino acid hormones

Question 29

Hormone made by tryptophan that regulates sleep-wake cycles | Aka pineal hormone

Answer 29

Melatonin

Question 30

Subdivisions of amino acid hormones

Answer 30

Tryptophan and amino acid tyrosine

Question 31

Catecholamines epinephrine norepinephrine and dopamine (neurotransmitters but also can be hormones)

Answer 31

Tyrosine

Question 32

This makes people sleepy when you eat turkey or drink warm milk before going sleeping for better sleep

Answer 32

Tryptophan

Question 33

Small chains of amino acids or small proteins that usually bear carbohydrate residues making then __

Answer 33

Peptide hormones | Glycoproteins

Question 34

Erythropoietin (kidneys) and inhibin (reprod.

Answer 34

Glycoproteins

Question 35

Membrane lipid, prostaglandin in this group of lipid derivatives

Answer 35

Arachnoid acid

Question 36

Derived from cholesterol | Ex sex hormones calcitriol corticosteroids (cortisol and aldosterone)

Answer 36

Steroid hormones

Question 37

Active vitamin D3 | It's from

Answer 37

Calcitriol | Kidneys

Question 38

Cortisol and aldosterone are from

Answer 38

Adrenal gland

Question 39

Why do hormone do to their targets?

Answer 39

Regulate movement of substances in and out of cells

Question 40

Are amino acid derivatives, peptides, and small proteins so liable in lipid bilayer of plasma membrane

Answer 40

No

Question 41

Series of intracellular molecules activated by hormone receptor bindings, act as second messengers

Answer 41

cAMP

Question 42

Release of calcium ions

Answer 42

cAMP | Cyclic AMP

Question 43

Hormone receptor binding leads to the activation of a membrane lipid enzyme which results in the formation of

Answer 43

Protein kinase C

Question 44

This alters activity of specific enzymes and channels or it binds to the intracellular regulatory proteins (calmodulin)

Answer 44

Calcium

Question 45

After calcium bonds to calmodulin, what happens

Answer 45

Emzes activate that amplify the cellular response

Question 46

Posterior of pituitary gland

Answer 46

Neurohypophysis

Question 47

Neurohypophysis releases 2 hormones

Answer 47

ADH and oxytocin OT

Question 48

Regulates urine volume and blood pressure

Answer 48

ADH

Question 49

Labor, milk let down reflex, uterine contractions,

Answer 49

Oxytocin

Question 50

Deficiency of ADH causes

Answer 50

Diabetes inspidus (overflow + tasteless)

Question 51

Swellings that are expanded acon endings of hypothalamic neurons coming from either the supra optic nucleus or para ventricular and has granules of ADH and OT

Answer 51

Herring bodies

Question 52

Narrow bridge of tissue connecting lobes of thyroid gland

Answer 52

Isthmus

Question 53

Cells that respond to elevated levels of calcium in the plasma by releasing calcitonin

Answer 53

C cells