Endocrine Ch18 Flashcards
Match the following with their organ of origin : AntiDiuretic hormone
Kidney
Match the following with their organ of origin: glucocorticoids
Adrenal
Match the following with their organ of origin: Calcitonin
Thyroid
Match the following with their organ of origin: Erythropoietin.
Hypothalamus
Match the following with their organ of origin :Insulin
Pancreas
Match the following with their actions: decreases blood calcium
Calcitonin
Match the following with their actions: stimulates red blood cell production
EPO- erythropoietin
Mediator molecule of nervous system
Neurotransmitter
Mediator molecule of endocrine system
Hormone
Site of action for nervous system
Close to site
Site if action for endocrine system
Fat from site.
Nervous system aims for type of target cells
Muscle
Endocrine system aims for what type of target cells
Cells throughout the body
Time of onset of action on nervous system
Miliseconds
Time of onset of action in endocrine system
Days to weeks
Duration of action in nervous system
Brief effects
Duration of action in endocrine
Longer lasting effects
Normal blood glucose level
70-105 mg per 100 ml of blood plasma
Specific difference in endocrine and exocrine glands
Exocrine glands have ducts for local actor
Normal calcium blood levels
9-11 mg per 100ml blood plasma
Main regulator of blood calcium
PTH Parathyroid hormone
Medulla is a modified … …
Sympathetic ganglia
When are hormones produced and how much is produced at a time?
When needed, in small amounts.
LH is responsive for what female attribute?
Menarchy
What is the largest portion of the pituitary gland?
The anterior lobe or adenohypophysis
What is an attribute of something that is vascular?
It had lots of blood vessels
What cells produce testosterone?
Leydig cells
What generally follows water in the body?
Sodium
What is the link between the nervous and endocrine systems?
The hypothalamus
What is unique about a portal system?
It has two capillary beds
What is ADH?
AntiDiuretic hormone
What is a good reason to give someone a diuretic?
Lowers blood plasma, lowers blood pressure.
What is pitocin?
Synthetic oxytocin
What brings about the let down in a nursing woman?
Oxytocin
What hormone produces milk in a pregnant woman?
Prolactin
What hormone are secreted by the neurohypohisis? Posterior love
Oxytocine OT and AntiDiuretic hormone ADH.
What hormones are secreted by the adenohypophysis? Or anterior lobe.
TSH, ACTG, FSH, LH, PRL, MSH
What is PRL?
Prolactin
What is PRLs action and target gland?
Mammary glands and production of milk
What is TSH?
Thyroid stimulatin hormone
What is the target gland of TSH? What does it do?
Thyroid and secrete thyroid hormones
What is ACTH?
Adrenocotico Hormone
What does ACTH do?
Secretes glucocorticoid for the adrenal cortex
What is FSH?
Follicle stimulating hormone
What does FSH do?
Target cells are the follicle cells in females and sustenacular cells in men. The action is estrogen secretion, follicle development, and stimulation of sperm maturation.
What is LH?
Luteinizing Hormone
What does LH do?
Responsible for ovulation, formation I corpus luteum, progesterone and testosterone secretion. Target cells are follicle cells in ovaries.