Endocrine system Flashcards

1
Q

what goes through the blood to be transported through out the body?

A

hormones

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2
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lipids hormones

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testosterone
adrenal glad
estrogen
pode

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3
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what do hormones do?

A

chemical substances secreted by cells into the extracellular fluids
regulating the metabolic activity of cells in the body

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4
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how are hormones classified?

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amino acid based molecules (proteins pedtides and amines)
steroids
prostaglandins

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5
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what are prostaglandins made from?

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highly active lipids found in the cell’s plasma membranes

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6
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what are hormones that affect certain tissue cells or organs?

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target cells or target organs

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7
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the term hormone comes from the Greek word meaning…

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to arouse

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8
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what are the two changes do hormones trigger?

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steroidal hormones use the mechanism of direct gene activation

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9
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the enzyme in turn catalyzes a reaction that produces a second messenger molecules are?

A

cyclic, AMP, cAMP

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10
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are endocrine glands ductless glands?

A

yes

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11
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where do hormones from the endocrine glands release to?

A

blood and lymph

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12
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characteristics of the pituitary gland

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  • size of grape
  • hangs by a stalk from the inferior surface of the hypothalamus of the brain.
  • it is snugly surrounded by the turksaddle of the sphenoid bone
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13
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what are the two lobes of the pituitary gland?

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anterior - glandular tissue
posterior - nervous tissue

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14
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what are tropic hormones

A

hormones that stimulate their target organs

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15
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three kinds of tropic hormones?

A

thyrotropic hormone
adrenocorticotropic hormone
two gonadotropic hormones

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16
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the hormones the pituitary gland also sends to are

A

endocrine glands

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17
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what does the growth hormone do?

A
  • general metabolic hormone
  • dedicated to growth of skeletal muscles and long bones
  • determinds final body size
  • causes fats to be broken down to use for energy
  • spares glucose
  • helps maintain blood sugar homestasis
18
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what does prolactin do?

A
  • protein hormone
  • only know target in humans is the breast
  • stimulates and maintains milk production
  • male function is unknown
19
Q

What does TSH do? Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

A

also called thyrotropic hormone
- influences the growth and activity of the thyroid gland

20
Q

FSH in Males

A

FSH stimulates sperm development

21
Q

FSH in Females

A

eggs are readied for ovulation from the produce of estrogen

22
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LH in Females

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  • triggers ovulation of an egg
  • causes the ruptured follicle to become the corpus luteum
  • stimulates the corpus luteum to produce progesterone and some estrogen
23
Q

LH in Males

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also referred to as interstital Cell Stimulating Hormone (ICSH)
Stimulate testosterone production by the interstitial cells of the testes

24
Q

how is the endocrine glands the master gland?

A

it controls many other endocrine glands and its removal or destruction has a dramatic effect on the body

25
Q

what does the thyroid hormone do?

A

controls the rate at which glucose is burned or oxidized and converted into body heat and chemical engery

26
Q

what does the thyroid gland CAlatonin do?

A

A hormone that aids in the lowering of blood calcium

27
Q

Characteristics of parathyroid gland

A

tiny masses of tissue found on the posterior surface of the thyroid gland

28
Q

what does the parathyroid gland do?

A

secrete parathormone PTH
most important regulator of Ca2+ calcium ions

29
Q

what are the three major groups of steroid hormones called corticosteroids that the adrenal glands produce?

A

mineralcorticoids
glucocorticoids
sex hormones

30
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what do mineralocorticoids do?

A

mainly aldsterone
produced by the outer most adrenal cortex cell layer
- regulating salt content in blood
regulate sodium and potassium ions

31
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what do glucocorticoids

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produced in the middle corticsl layer along with cortisone and sortisol
- promote normal cell metabolism
- help the boy to resist long term stressors
INCREASING BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS

32
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what is the adrenal glands for?

A

fight or flight

33
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what is insulin

A

increases the ability of the cell to transport glucose across the cell membrance
- once inside the cell glucose is used for energy or coverted yo glycogen or fat for storage

34
Q

insulin is a (BLAnK) hormone

A

hypopoglycemic

35
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glucagon is a what hormone

A

hyperglycemic

36
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what is glucagon

A

target organ is liver which it stimulates to break down stored glycogen to glucose an to release it into the blood=d

37
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function of pineal gland

A

secrete the hormone melatonin

38
Q

overies function

A

almond size
produce two groups of steroid hormones
estrogen and progesterone

39
Q

what is estrogen produced by?

A

grafian follicles of the overies
- stimulate the development of the secondary sex characteristics in females

40
Q

the prep of the uterus to receive an egg and cyclic changes is called the

A

menstrual cycle

41
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what does progesterone do?

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calms the uterus muscles so the baby doesn’t die
- prepares the breat tissue for lactation
- produced in large amounts by another glandar structure of the overies the corpus leteum