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1
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Endocrine system

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Secreted directly into the blood stream- distant

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2
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Exocrine system

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Carry out through ducts-local

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3
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Hypothalamus

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Part of the diencephalon
Interface btwn brain and endocrine

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4
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Infundibulum

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Connection to pituitary gland

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5
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What is the portal system?

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A bunch of blood vessels that send messages from he hypothalamus to the anterior pituitary gland

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6
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Modified nerve fibers

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Send messages from the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary gland

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7
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What does the hypothalamus make?

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Oxytocin and ADH (Antidiuretic Hormone)

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8
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Anterior pituitary gland

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Adenohypophysis

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9
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What makes up the Adenohypophysis?

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Glandular tissue

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10
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How many hormones does the Adenohypophysis make?

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7 hormones

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11
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Whatever are the big 7?

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Growth hormone (GH)
Prolactin
Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Melanocyte hormone (MSH)
Luteinizing hormone (LH)

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12
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What does the neurohypophysis store?

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Oxytocin and Antidiuretic hormone

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13
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Thyroid gland

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Located on either side of the larynx
Made up of 1000s of follicles

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14
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Parafollicular cells

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Aka C cells
Mass group of cells outside the follicle
Produces calcitonin

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15
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Follicle

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Hollow center =colloid
Makes T3 & T4

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16
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Thyroid gland produces what hormones?

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Calcitonin
T3 & T4

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17
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Parathyroid gland

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Little pimple like structure on or near the thyroid
Produces parathyroid hormone (PTH)

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18
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Adrenal gland

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Located in the Retroperitoneal
Cranial and medial to the kidneys

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19
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What makes up the adrenal gland?

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Cortex and medulla

20
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Cortex

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All around the gland
Zona glomerulosa, Zona fasciulata, Zona reticularis

21
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Medulla

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Core
Have more blood vessels

22
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Zona glomerulosa

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Mineralcoritcoid

23
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Zona fasciculata

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Glucocorticoid

24
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Zona reticularis

25
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Adrenal medulla

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Epinephrine
Norepinephrine

26
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What does the adrenal medulla respond to?

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Sympathetic nervous system

27
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Where is the pancreas located?

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Lying alongside the duodenum

28
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Pancreas deals with what two systems?

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Endocrine and exocrine

29
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Endocrine functions in the pancreas are performed by?

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Islets of langerhans

30
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Pancreatic islets produce

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Insulin
Glucagon
Somatostatin

31
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Testes produce

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Testosterone

32
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Ovaries have?

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Follicles and corpus luteum

33
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Ovary follicles produce?

34
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Corpus luteum produces

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Progesterone

35
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Adenohypophysis

36
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Neurohypophysis

37
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Islets of langerhans

38
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Layers of Zona

39
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A

Parafollicular cells and colloids

40
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All the glands

A

Pituitary
Thyroid
Adrenal
Parathyroid
Pancreas
Testes
Ovaries

41
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Pituitary hormones anterior & posterior

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Adrenocorticotropic hormone
Melanocyte stimulating hormone
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Luteinizing hormone
Growth hormone
Follicle stimulating hormone
Prolactin
Antidiuretic
Oxytocin

42
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Thyroid hormones

A

T3& T4
Oxytocin

43
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Adrenal hormones

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Mineralocorticoid
Androgens
Glucocorticoid

44
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Parathyroid hormones

A

Parathyroid hormone

45
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Pancreas hormones

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Somatostatin
Glucagon
Insulin

46
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Testes hormones

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Testosterone

47
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Ovaries hormones

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Estrogen
Progesterone

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