Endocrine Gland Stimuli Flashcards
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Types of Endocrine Gland Stimuli
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- hormonal
- humoral
- neural
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Hormonal Stimuli
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- most common
- stimulus used to produce it is other hormones (ex: hypothalamus)
- tend to be rhythmic (from negative feedback)
3
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Humoral
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-changes in levels of certain ions and nutrients can stimulate hormone release (ex: insulin, PTH)
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Neural Stimuli
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-isolated cases (ex: SNS stimulating the adrenal medulla to release catecholamines E and NE)
