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1
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What is the endocrine system?

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A collection of glands from around the body

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2
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What is a gland responsible for?

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Manufacturing, storing and releasing at least 1 specific hormone

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3
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Hormones r involved in regulating what 4 things

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Metabolism
Growth
Reproductive function
Body’s stress response

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4
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How do hormones get to their target

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Through bloodstream

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5
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Hormones control processes that require speed of action or duration of action

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Duration of action

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6
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What mechanism controls homeostasis/ the activity of hormones?

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Negative feedback mechanism

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7
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Name this hormone secretion pattern

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Constant secretion pattern

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8
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Name this hormonal secretion pattern

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Episodic secretion pattern

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9
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Name this hormonal secretion pattern

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Diurnal secretion pattern

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10
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What does it mean if a tumours functioning?

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Too much hormone secreted

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11
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What does it mean if a tumours non functioning?

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Destroys glands and too little hormone secreted

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12
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What’s hypersecretion of a hormone?

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Too much secretion of hormone

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13
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What is hyposecretion of a hormone?

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Too little hormone secreted

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14
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Name the 2 endocrine glands in the head

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Hypothalamus and pituitary gland

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15
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Name the two different types of gland in the neck

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4 parathyroid glands and thyroid gland

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16
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Name two different glands in the abdomen

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2 adrenal glands and the pancreas

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17
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Name the glands in the female pelvis

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2 ovaries

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18
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Name the glands in the male perineum

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2 testes

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19
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Name this section

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Diencephalon

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20
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Name this structure

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Thalamus

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21
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Name this structure

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Hypothalamus

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22
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Name this structure

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Midbrain

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23
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Name this structure

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Pons

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24
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Name this structure

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Medulla

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25
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Name this structure

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Spinal cord

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26
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Brainstem

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27
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Name this structure

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Pituitary gland

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28
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Name this structure

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Infundibulum

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29
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Name this structure

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Posterior lobe

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30
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Name this structure

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Anterior lobe

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31
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Name this structure

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Sphenoid bone

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32
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What r the two hormones produced by the posterior pituitary lobe?

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Oxytocin
Vasopressin

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33
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What does oxytocin do, 3 things?

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  1. Ejection of breast milk
  2. Stimulated uterine contraction in childbirth
  3. Social bonding
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34
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What does vasopressin do?

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Aids water retention

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35
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What is the name of the portal system for the endocrine system

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Hypophyseal portal system

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36
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What r the two different types of hormone that hypothalamic neurons secrete?

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Releasing hormones
Release-inhibitory hormones

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37
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What do releasing hormones do?

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Stimulate the anterior pituitary to release its hormone(s) into the blood stream

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38
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What do release-inhibitory hormones do?

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Prevent the anterior pituitary releasing hormone(s) into the blood stream

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39
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Anterior pituitary cells secrete either what 6 things?

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  1. Growth hormone (GH)
  2. Prolactin
  3. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
  4. Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)
  5. Luteinising hormone (LH)
  6. Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
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40
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How does the hormones travel from the hypothalamus to the rest of the body?

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  • Hypothalamus neurons release hormones
  • Hypophyseal portal veins
  • Anterior pituitary gland releases hormones
  • Hypophyseal portal veins
  • Superior vena cava
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41
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Name this structure

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Epiglottis

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42
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Name this structure

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Hyoid bone

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43
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Name this structure

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Thyroid cartilage

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44
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Name this structure

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Cricoid cartilage

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45
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Name this structure

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Larynx

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46
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Name this structure

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Right lobe of thyroid gland

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47
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Name this structure

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Left lobe of thyroid gland

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48
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Name this structure

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Isthmus

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49
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The thyroid gland uses what to manufacture hormones?

50
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The thyroid gland used iodine to manufacture what 2 hormones?

A

Triiodothyronine (T3)
Thyroxine (T4)

51
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What 3 things do the thyroid hormones do?

A

Regulate metabolism
Stimulate growth
Used in development of the nervous system

52
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Name this structure

A

Epiglottis

53
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Name this structure

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Hyoid bone

54
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Name this structure

A

Thyroid cartilage

55
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Name this structure

A

Right parathyroid glands

56
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Name this structure

57
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Name this structure

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Left parathyroid glands

58
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Name this structure

A

Cricoid cartilage

59
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What does the parathyroid hormone do?

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Controls the amount of Calcium in blood and bone

60
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Name this structure

A

Left superior thyroid artery

61
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Name this structure

A

Left Carotid artery

62
Q

Name this structure

A

Arch of the aorta

63
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Name this structure

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Right subclavian artery

64
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Name this structure

A

Right inferior thyroid artery

65
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Name this structure

A

Left internal jugular vein

66
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Name these structures

A

Right superior, middle and inferior veins

67
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Name this structure

A

Superior vena cava

68
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What r the two anatomically and functionally distinct parts of the pancreas?

A

Endocrine pancreas
Exocrine pancreas

69
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What does the endocrine pancreas do, give an example?

A

Manufacture various hormones

Insulin secreted into the blood in response to islet of langerhans cells detecting increased blood glucose

70
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What does the exocrine pancreas do?

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Manufactures digestive enzymes and secreted them via a duct system into the duodenum

71
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What r the two types of diabetes mellitus, explain?

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Type 1: failure to produce insulin

Type 2: target cells fail to respond to insulin

72
Q

Name this structure

73
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Name this structure

A

Pancreatic duct

74
Q

Name this structure

A

Major duodenal papilla

75
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Where is the pancreas relative to the peritoneum?

A

Retroperitoneal

76
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Where is the pancreas relative to the vertebra?

A

Overlying L1/L2 vertebra

77
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Where is the pancreas relative to the stomach

78
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What is the pancreas anterior to?

A

aorta And inferior vena cava

79
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Where is the pancreas between?

A

Duodenum and spleen

80
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Where does arterial blood supply to the pancreas come from? 2 things

A

Coeliac trunk
Superior mesenteric artery

81
Q

Name this structure

A

Coeliac trunk

82
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Name this structure

A

Superior mesenteric artery

83
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Where does venous blood from the pancreas drain into? 3 things

A

Splenic vein
Superior mesenteric vein then portal vein

84
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Where r the adrenal glands in relation to peritoneum

A

Retroperitoneal

85
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Where r the adrenal glands in relation to the kidneys

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Superior to kidneys

86
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What separates the adrenal glands from the kidneys?

A

Fascial septum

87
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What r the two anatomical and functional parts of the adrenal glands which secrete hormones?

A

Adrenal cortex
Adrenal medulla

88
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What 3 hormones does the adrenal cortex secrete?

A

Glucocorticoids
Mineralocorticoids
Androgens

89
Q

What 2 hormones does the adrenal medulla secrete?

A

Adrenaline
Noradrenaline

90
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Name this structure

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Inferior vena cava

91
Q

Name this structure

92
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Name this structure

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Coeliac trunk

93
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Name this structure

A

Superior mesenteric artery

94
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Name this structure

A

Left superior suprarenal arteries

95
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Name this structure

A

Left middle suprarenal artery

96
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Name this structure

A

Left inferior suprarenal artery

97
Q

Name this structure

A

Renal artery

98
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Name this structure

A

Inferior vena cava

99
Q

Name this structure

A

Left suprarenal vein

100
Q

Name this structure

A

Left renal vein

101
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Name this structure

A

Right suprarenal vein

102
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Where r the testes located?

A

In the scrotum of the male perineum

103
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Where is the arterial supply to the testes from?

A

Abdominal aorta

104
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What does the testes secrete in response to leutinising hormone from the anterior pituitary gland

A

Testosterone

105
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What does testosterone control? 3 things

A

Male secondary sex characteristics

Closure of epiphyseal growth plates

Stimulates sperm production

106
Q

Name this structure

A

Gonadal artery and veins

107
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Name this structure

108
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Name this structure

109
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Where do the overies lie?

A

In the pelvic cavity

110
Q

What do the ovaries secrete in response to FSH & LH from the anterior pituitary?

A

Oestrogen and progesterone

111
Q

What does progesterone do?

A

Prepared the uterus for pregnancy

112
Q

What does oestrogen control? 2 things

A

Female secondary sex characteristics

Ovum development

113
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Name this structure

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Gonadal artery and veins

114
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Name this structure

115
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Name this structure

A

Broad ligament of the uterus

116
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Name this structure

117
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The gonadal arteries branch off the what?

A

Abdominal aorta

118
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Name this structure

A

Gonadal arteries

119
Q

Where does the right gonadal vein drain to?

A

Directly into the inferior vena cava

120
Q

Where does the left gonadal vein drain into?

A

The left renal vein

121
Q

Name these structures

A

Right and left gonadal vein

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