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Endocrine System Flashcards

1
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What is the endocrine systems primary means of travel?

A

the blood

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2
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How does the endocrine system regulate other organ systems?

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by maintaining homeostasis

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3
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What type of response system is the endocrine system?

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slow response system

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4
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what are the two liquid tissues of the body?

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blood and cerebrospinal fluid

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5
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what two systems does blood link?

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endocrine and cardiovascular system

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What other system does the endocrine system work with?

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nervous system

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7
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How do the endocrine and nervous system differ?

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The endocrine system brings about its effects via the secretion of hormones into the blood stream and the nervous system uses action potentials and release neurotransmitters

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8
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hormones

A

middle managers

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9
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endocrine glands

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bosses

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10
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other cells

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workers

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11
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What endocrine glands secrete hormones as their primary function?

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hypothalamus, pituitary glands, pineal glands, thyroid glands, parathyroid glands, thymus, adrenal glands, pancreas, ovaries, testes

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12
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What organs secrete hormones as their secondary function?

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heart, adipose tissues, kidneys, and the stomach

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13
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what is known as the neuroendocrine organ?

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the hypothalamus

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14
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what can the hypothalamus be likened to?

A

endocrine system chief executor

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15
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The hypothalamus works close with?

A

the pituitary gland

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16
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What is the pituitary gland attached to?

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infundibulum

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17
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What are the two seperate structures of the pituitary gland?

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anterior pituitary gland (adenohypophysis) and posterior pituitary gland (neurohypophysis)

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18
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What are the posterior pituitary/neuropypophysis composed of?

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nervous tissue instead of glandular tissue

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19
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What two types of hormones does the hypothalamus produce?

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inhibiting and releasing hormones

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20
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What do the hormones the hypothalamus produce stimulate?

A

secretion from the anterior pituitary gland

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21
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How does the hypothalamus communicate with the anterior pituitary gland?

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hypothalamic-hypophyseal portal system

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22
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What does oxytocin do?

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triggers uterine contraction and milk ejection from the mammary gland

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23
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What does antidiuretic hormone do?

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causes water retention from the kidneys

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24
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What type of hormones does the anterior pituitary gland mostly produce?

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tropic hormones

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25
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Examples of tropic hormones (anterior pituitary/adenohypophysis)

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Thyroid stimulating hormone, prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone

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26
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What does thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) do?

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stimulates growth of and secretion from the thyroid

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27
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what does prolactin do?

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stimulates milk production from mammary glands

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28
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What does adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) do?

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stimulates secretion from the adrenal cortex

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29
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What are the two reproductive hormones?

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luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone which primarily affect the testes and ovaries

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30
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What does growth hormone do?

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increases rate of cell division and protein synthesis in all tissues and has both tropic and nontropic affects

31
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What does the posterior pituitary gland store?

A

ADH and oxytocin

32
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What does the pineal gland secrete?

33
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What is the thin band called that connects the right and left lobes of the thyroid gland?

34
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What is the isthmus composed of?

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hollow spheres called thyroid follicles

35
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What are the cells called that line the thyroid follicles?

A

follicle cells

36
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what do follicle cells suround?

37
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T3

A

triiodothyronine

38
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T4

39
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What is located between follicles and what does it produce?

A

parafollicualr cells that produce calcitonin

40
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What does calcitonin do?

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plays a role in calcium ion homeostasis

41
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What does parathyroid hormone do?

A

main hormone in the body that maintains calcium ion homeostasis

42
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What is the difference between calcitonin and parathyroid hormone?

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Calcitonin is secreted when calcium ion levels in the blood rise; parathyroid hormone is secreted when there is a decreased level of calcium ions in the blood

43
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What do thymosin and thymopoietin do?

A

stimulate the development of T lymphocytes

44
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What two seperate structures make up the adrenal gland?

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Adrenal cortex and adrenal medulla

45
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What type of hormones does the adrenal cortex produce?

A

steroid hormones

46
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What does the zona glomerulosa secrete?

A

mineralocorticoids

47
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What does aldosterone do?

A

regulate fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base homeostasis

48
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What does the zona fasciculata secrete?

A

glucocorticoids

49
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What does cortisol (glucocorticoids) do?

A

regulates the stress response, blood glucose, fluid homeostasis and inflammation

50
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What does the adrenal medulla secrete?

A

epinephrine and norepinephrine (catecholamines)

51
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What carries out the pancreas’s exocrine functions?

A

pancreatic acini

52
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What carries out the pancreas’s endocrine functions?

A

pancreatic islets

53
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What do the pancreatic islets secrete?

A

insulin and glucagon

54
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what produces insulin?

A

beta cells of pancreas

55
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What does insulin do?

A

lowers blood glucose levels

56
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What produces glucagon?

A

alpha cells of pancreas

57
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What does glucagon do?

A

raises blood glucose levels

58
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What produces testosterone?

A

The interstitial cells of the testes

59
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What does testosterone do?

A

promotes the production of sperm and the development of msle secondary sex characteristics (deeper voice, greater bone, muscle mass, and facial hair)

60
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What does estrogen do?

A

plays a role in the development of oocytes (female gametes) and female secondary sex characteristics (breasts and subcutaneous fat stores)

61
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What does progesterone do?

A

number of effects that prepares the body for pregnancy

62
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Characteristics of the nervous system functions

A

directly effect target cells, immediate but short in duration

63
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Characteristics of endocrine system functions

A

act on distant targets, not immediate, longer lasting

64
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How do hormones regulate the process of other cells?

A

production of enzymes or other hormones, changing the metabolic rate of a cell, altering permeability of the plasma membrane

65
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Where is the hypothalamus located?

A

inferior part of diencephalon

66
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What is the anterior pituitary gland composed of?

A

glandular epithelium

67
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Explain how the hypothalamic hypophyseal portal system works

A

releasing and inhibiting hormones are synthesized by hypothalamic neurons after they travel through small veins in the infundibulum, enter a second capillary bed in anterior pituitary where they exit the blood and interact with anterior pituitary cells to influence their functions

68
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What hormones does the hypothalamus make?

A

made in hypothalamic neurons, oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone

69
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Characteristics of colloid

A

gelatinous, iodine rich

70
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What does the thryoid produce?

A

thyroxine, triiodothyronine

71
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Antagonist hormones

A

calcitonin and PTH
insulin and glucagon

72
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Examples of mineralcorticoids

A

aldosterone

73
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example of glucocorticoids

74
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What does the zona reticularis secrete?

A

gonadocorticoids

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