Endocrine System Flashcards
The main Endocrine function is to?
Produce Chemicals
What’s sits on top of kidneys?
Adrenals
Hormones that act as a neurotransmitter?
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
The Endocrine system works closely with what other system?
Nervous system
Pineal gland is responsible for
Sleep cycle
What hormone releases egg from ovaries?
Luteinizing hormone
The tissue that a particular hormone can act upon?
Target tissue
What is called the “Master Gland”?
Pituitary Gland
What is the most important gland to regulate calcium?
Parathyroid
What are 3 calcium hormones?
Calcitrol, Calcitonin, Parathyroid,
Hormones produced by other glands?
Hormonal
The nervous system
Neural
Chemical changes in the blood
Humoral
A group of hormones that goes to a gland to produce more hormones;
Tropic
Gland found in the roof of the third ventricle of the brain?
Pineal gland
Glands are ductless and their products travel in the blood to target cells and organs .
Endocrine glands
Active form of vitamin d
Calcitriol
Mineralocorticoid that helps maintain salt and water balance .
Aldosterone
Pancreatic islets secrete;
Insulin and glucagon
Hormone only active In puberty
Thymosin
Hormone secreted by fat cells that suppresses appetite
Leptin
Hormone secreted by stomach that increases appetite
Ghrelin
FSH
Follicle-Stimulating hormone
Stimulates egg development in ovaries and sperm development in testes
FSH-Follicle Stimulating hormone
In females, triggers egg release and hormone production in ovaries, in males, stimulates testosterone production in testes
Lutenizing hormone -LH
Influences growth and activity of the thyroid gland
Thyrotropic hormone (TH) -Thyroid Stimulating hormone (TSH)
Regulates hormone production in the Adrenal Cortex “Adrenal medulla “
(ACTH) Adrenocorticotropic hormone
Produces oxytocin and anti diuretic hormone
Hypothalamus
Stimulates uterine, causes milk, sometime called the love hormone
Oxytocin
Causes kidneys to reabsorb more water during urine formation to maintain proper blood volume
(ADH) Antidiuretic hormone
Located at the base of the throat , inferior to the larynx, and secretes thyroid and calcitonin.
Thyroid gland
Decreases blood calcium levels by causing calcium to be deposited into bones
Calcitonin
The most important regulator of blood calcium
(PTH) parathyroid hormone
3 groups of hormones secreted by the adrenal cortex
Mineralocorticoids, androgens, Glucocorticoid
The adrenal medulla releases
Catecholamines
Organs that produce gametes or sex cells
Gonads
What four hormones regulate the menstrual cycle?
(FSH) follicle-stimulating hormone, estrogen, luteinizing, Progesterone
