Endocrine/Exocrine Part 2

Question 1

What is the endocrine organ, secretes releasing and inhibiting hormones
-controls the adrenal medullae

Answer 1

Hypothalamus

Question 2

Which reflex uses one hormone?

Answer 2

Simple reflex

Question 3

Which reflex uses two or more hormones?

Answer 3

Complex reflex

Question 4

What are the major endocrine glands?

Answer 4

-Pituitary glands
-Thyroid gland
-Parathyroid glands
Adrenal glands
Pancreas
Pineal glands

Question 5

What gland is the two-lobed sits in the sella turcica?

Answer 5

Pituitary gland

Question 6

Which pituitary gland is made of glandular tissue and produces 7 hormones which releases directly inro blood?

Answer 6

Anterior lobe (adenohyophysis)

Question 7

Which pituitary gland is made of neurological tissue, made of 2 hormones, and stored?

Answer 7

Posterior lobe (neurohypophysis)

Question 8

What’s another name for the posterior pituitary gland?

Answer 8

Neurohypophysis

Question 9

What’s another name for the Anterior pituitary gland?

Answer 9

Adenohypophysis

Question 10

What three pars make up the Adenohypophysis (anterior) pituitary gland?

Answer 10

-Pars distalis: largest and most anterior portion
-Pars tuberalis: from pars distalis and wraps around anterior of infundibulum
-Pars intermedia: narrow band between anterior/posterior lobe

Question 11

How many pituitary hormones are released from the anterior pituitary glans?

Answer 11

7/9

Question 12

What are the functions of the hypothalamus?

Answer 12

-Produces hormones: releasing & inhibiting hormones
-Produces oxytocin & antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
-Stimulates adrenal medulla (E/NE)

Question 13

What is end product of a system inhibits the release of its own releasing factor?

Answer 13

Negative feedback