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Endocrine and Behavior Flashcards

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True or false: The definition of a tropic hormone is any hormone which acts on an endocrine gland.

A

This statement is false. A “tropic” hormone is any hormone that stimulates an endocrine gland to produce a hormone. A direct hormone may act on an endocrine gland, but will have an effector function that is not the production of another hormone.

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This hormone is associated with hunger, it is thought to do the opposite of ghrelin

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leptin

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This hormone is associated with hunger and is produced by adipose

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Leptin

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This hormone makes you feel hunger

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ghrelin

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5
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this hormone’s production is supressed by blue light

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melatonin

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This hormone is necessary for childbirth

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oxytocin

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this hormone is necessary for bonding, affection, empathy, and trust

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oxytocin

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8
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This neuropeptide is associated with hunger

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neuropeptide y or “NPY”

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9
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These signaling moleculaes are associated with the stress response

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epi, norepi, and cortisol

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This hormone is associated with the chronic stress response

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cortisol

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11
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These hormones set metabolic rate

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T3 and T4

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This neurotransmitter is found at the NMJ and is the main neurotransmitter used to communicate between the CNS and ANS`

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acetylcholine

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13
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Natural opioids

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endophins

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14
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Inhibitory neurotransmitter

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GABA

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15
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Excitory neurotransmitter

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Glutamate

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Important neurotransmitter for sleep, mood, and apetite

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serotonin

17
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Major neurotransmitter in the reward pathway

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Dopamine

18
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Inhibitory neurotransmitters do what to the membrane potential?

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push it away from the threshold so it is less likely to send an action potential

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Resting membrane potential

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-70 mV

20
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threshold potential

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-55 mV

21
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GABA (depolarizes or hyperpolarizes) a neuron

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It hyperpolarizes it because it is an inhibitory neurotransmitter

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