Endocrine System 2 Flashcards
The endocrine’s system uses chemical messengers called?
Hormones
The female gonads are called?
Ovaries
The male gonads are called?
Testes
The part of the pituitary that produces tropic hormones as well as growth hormone and prolactin is called?
Adenohypophysis/ Anterior Pituitary
The part of the pituitary that stores the hormonal products of the hypothalamus (ADH, Oxytocin) is called?
Neurohypophysis/ Posterior Hypophysis
The stalk that attaches the pituitary to the hypothalamus is called?
Infundibulum
The vessel system that sends hypothalmic hormones to the pituitary is called?
Hypophyseal Portal System
Which hormones regulate gamete production and hormonal activity of the gonads?
Gonadotropins. FSH/ LH
What hypothalmic hormones cause the pituitary to release it’s hormonal products?
Releasing Hormones
What hypothalmic hormones inhibit the release of the hormonal products of the pituitary?
Inhibiting Hormones
This gland produces tropic hormones, known as the “master gland”
Pituitary Gland/ Hypophysis
What are the characteristics of Acromegaly?
Overgrowth of bones in hands, feet, and face of adults
What are the endocrine regions of the pancreas called?
Pancreatic Islets (Islets of Langerhans)
What cells are responsible for the exocrine products of the pancreas?
Acinar Cells
What cells produce calcitonin?
Parafollicular/ C Cells
What cells produce growth hormone and prolactin?
Acidophil
What cells produce parathyroid hormone?
Chief Cells
What cells produce the tropic hormones TSH, ACTH, FSH and LH?
Basophil
What do the follicles of the thyroid contain?
Contain colliod/ T3/ T4
What gland produces melatonin?
Pineal Gland
What gland produces T3 and T4 as well as calcitonin?
Thyroid Gland
What glial cells are found in the posterior pituitary/ neurohypophysis?
Pituicytes
What hormone does the parathyroid gland produce?
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)
What hypothalmic hormones are stored in the posterior pituitary/ neurohypophysis?
Oxytocin/ Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)
