Endocrine System

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secrete their product directly into blood stream

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Endocrine glands

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endocrine glands secrete very small amount of chemical
messengers called

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hormones

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study of the endocrine system

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Endocrinology

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Has ducts that carry their secretions to the outside of the
body or into hollow organs like the stomach and
intestines

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Exocrine Gland

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Are chemical messengers secreted specifically by the
endocrine glands directly into the bloodstream to target
tissues or effectors.

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hormones

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Sites where hormones produced a specific response
directly to some tissues or indirectly to other parts of the
body

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Target Tissues/ cells/ organs

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Are polar molecules includes proteins, peptides,
amino acids

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Water soluble

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non-polar includes steroids and eicosanoids

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Lipid hormones

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which is a part of the Nervous systems is
also recognized as a major endocrine organ because it
produces several hormones

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Hypothalamus

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Growth hormone, antidiuretic, prolactin are what type of hormones?

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Water soluble

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Pancreas is both endocrine and exocrine. T or F?

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T

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LH, FSH, androgens are what type of hormones?

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Lipid hormones

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target tissues of hypothalamus

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anterior lobe of the pituitary gland

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it stimulates or inhibits secretion of
specific hormones

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Hypothalamus

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size of pituary gland

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grape

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Hangs by a stalk from the
inferior surface of the
hypothalamus of the brain

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Pituitary Gland

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What controls pituitary gland?

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hypothalamus

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2 regions of pituitary gland

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anterior and posterior

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stimulates growth of bones,
muscles, and organs

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growth hormones

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Too much GH causes_________

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gigantism

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Too little GH causes_________

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pituitary dwarfism

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it is also called Thyrotropic Hormone

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Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone

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Target tissues of Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone

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thyroid gland

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it regulates thyroid gland secretions
influences the growth and activity of the thyroid
gland

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Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH)/Thyrotropic Hormone (TH)

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Too much TSH, thyroid gland________

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enlarges

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Too little TSH, thyroid gland_______

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shrinks

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Regulates hormonal activities of the gonads

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Gonadotropic Hormones/ Gonadotropins:

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Target tissue of LH (Luteinizing) for females

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ovaries

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promotes ovulation and progesterone production

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LH (Luteinizing) for females (Gonadotropins)

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sperm production and testosterone

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LH for males: Interstitial Cell-stimulating Hormone (ICSH) (Gonadotropins)

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target tissue of LH for males: Interstitial Cell-stimulating Hormone (ICSH)

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testes

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follicle maturation and estrogen secretion

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FSH (Follicle-Stimulating) for females

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follicle maturation and estrogen secretion

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FSH (Follicle-Stimulating) for females

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Target tissue of FSH (Follicle-Stimulating) for females

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follicles in ovaries

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sperm production

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FSH for males

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Target tissue of FSH for males

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seminiferous tubules

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after childbirth, it stimulates and maintains milk production by the mother’s breast

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Prolactin

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Target tissues of prolactin

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mammary glands and ovaries

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regulates the endocrine activity of the cortex portion of the adrenal gland. Tells adrenal cortex to release corticosteroids

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Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

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Target tissues of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

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adrenal cortex

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conserve water, prevents urine production

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conserve water, prevents urine production

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Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)

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low ADH/ kidneys to produce large amounts of dilute (watery) urine

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Diabetes insipidus

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One of largest glands/Requires iodine to function

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THYROID GLAND

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Decreased metabolic/Weight gain, reduced appetite, fatigue/ Low temp. and pulse

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Hypothyroidism

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Increased metabolism/ Weight loss, increased appetite, nervousness/Higher temp. and pulse/Warm, flushed skin

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Hyperthyroidism

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a hypercalcemic hormone

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Parathyroid Hormone

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a hypocalcemic hormone

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calcitonin

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2 bean shaped curved over the top of the kidneys

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ADRENAL GLANDS

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2 regions of ADRENAL GLANDS

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medulla and cortex

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Located close to the stomach in the abdominal cavity

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pancreas

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too little insulin or faulty insulin receptors/exaggerated appetite, excess urine, dehydration, thirst, fatigue

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diabetes mellitus