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Endocrine System Flashcards

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What is the endocrine system & what does it do?

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A complex network of glands and organs - uses hormones to control and coordinate body’s metabolism, energy level, reproduction, growth and development and respond to injury, stress and mood

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Name 4 major glands within the endocrine system

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Pituitary
Thyroid
Adrenals
Parathyroid

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What is the hypothalamus?

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Area in brain that produces hormones that control:
- body temperature
- heart rate
- hunger
- mood

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What is known as the master gland?

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Pituitary gland

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What is the pituitary gland?

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At base of the brain below hypothalamus. It makes, stores and releases hormones

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What is not a function of a hormone?

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Producing electrolytes

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What controls hormone release from the anterior pituitary gland?

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Hormones released from the hypothalamus

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What is NOT a common method of stimulating hormone secretion from an endocrine cell?

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Mechanical stretching of the endocrine cell

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What anterior pituitary hormone stimulates general body growth?

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Growth hormone

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Which blood glucose lowering hormone is produced by the pancreatic islet cells?

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Insulin

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What hormone promotes increases in the basal metabolic rate (BMR)?

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Thyroid hormone

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12
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What is not an endocrine gland?

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Sebaceous gland

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What hormones are released in response to decreases in blood glucose concentration?

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Glucagon

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What is ADH?

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Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH) - Helps regulate the amount of water in our body & works to control amount of water kidneys absorb as they filter out waste from our blood

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What is FSH?

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Follicle - stimulating hormone. promotes sperm production in men and stimulates the ovaries to release eggs in women

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What does the growth hormone do?

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Stimulates growth in childhood and is important for maintaining a healthy body composition

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What is ACTH?

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Adrenocorticotrophin - stimulates production of cortisol by the adrenal glands

18
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What is cortisol?

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So called stressed hormone - vital to survive - helps maintain blood pressure and blood glucose levels.

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What is LH?

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Luteinising hormone - regulates testosterone in men and oestrogen for women

20
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What is the condition goiter?

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When too little iodine in diet causes thyroid to swell

21
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Where is thyroid gland located?

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Small gland in neck located anterior to trachea and below thyroid cartilage

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What do the thyroid hormones control?

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Our metabolism, which is the body’s ability to break down food and store it as energy.

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What is HYPERthyroidism?

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Can also be called (overactive thyroid). It happens when the thyroid gland makes too much thyroid hormone - this therefore speeds up the bodys metabolism

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What is hypothyroidism?

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Where thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormones

25
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Whats another word for hyperthyroidism?

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Graves disease

26
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What does the parathyroid hormone do?

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Takes calcium from the bones to make it available in the blood

27
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What is the inner portion of the adrenal gland called?

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The adrenal medulla

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What is the outer portion of the adrenal called?

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Adrenal Cortex

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What does the parathyroid hormone do? (PTH)

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Takes calcium from the bones to make it available in the blood

30
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What is Cushing syndrome?

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Condition caused by having too much of the hormone called cortisol in your body.

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What is addisons disease?

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When adrenal gland is damaged it does not produce enough of cortisol and aldosterone

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What are the adrenal glands? & what two key hormones do they produce

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2 small glands that sit on top of the kidneys they produce 2 essential hormones called - cortisol and aldosterone

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