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Endocrine System Flashcards

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What are the functions of the endocrine system?

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Development, energy production, reproduction, maintaining homeostasis, and behaviors

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What is the function of endocrine glands?

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Put secretions into the circulatory system

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What is the function of endocrine glands?

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Secretions are guided to specific tissues and cells through ducts

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What is the common bile duct?

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A duct that takes bile into the upper small intestine from the gall bladder

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What is the function of the pancreas?

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Secretes pancreatic bicarbonate and several digestive enzymes

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What is the pancreatic duct?

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A duct that takes enzymes to the small intestine

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What is the only organ with both endocrine and exocrine secretions?

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The pancreas

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What are blood glucose levels regulated by?

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The endocrine functions of the pancreas

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What are antagonistic hormones?

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Hormones with the opposite effects

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What are target cells?

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Cells with receptors or specific endocrine hormones

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What do endocrine use for body responses?

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Chemical messengers

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What are the 2 categories of hormone chemicals?

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Steroidal hormones and peptides

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What is included in steroidal hormones?

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Estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, cortisol (All derived from cholesterol)

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What are peptides?

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Different amino acids form of many hormones

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What is the function of tropic hormones?

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Influence other endocrine glands

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Where is the pituitary gland located?

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Below the hypothalamus in the brain

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What are the 4 tropic hormones?

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

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What does the TSH do?

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Influences the thyroid gland and metabolic rate

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What does the ACTH do?

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Influences the adrenal cortex and regulates the gonads

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What are the non-tropic hormones from the pituitary gland?

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The growth hormone and prolactin

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What is the function of the north hormone?

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Promotes growth and development

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What is the function of prolactin?

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Stimulates development of the mammary gland

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