Endocrine System

Question 0

What is the difference between the endocrine system and the exocrine system?

Answer 0

Exocrine secretes into a duct that leads to somewhere else, endocrine secretion directly into tissues and blood

Question 1

What is the function of the endocrine system?

Answer 1

Secreting hormones

Question 2

What 3 things control the endocrine system?

Answer 2

Hypothalamus
Internal environment
Nervous system

Question 3

What are the 6 hormones secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland?

Answer 3

Growth hormone
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Adrenocorticotropic hormone
Follicle-stimulating hormone
Leuteinizing hormone
Prolactin

Question 4

What are the 2 hormones secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland?

Answer 4

Antidiuretic hormone

Oxytocin

Question 5

What are the 3 hormones secreted by the thyroid gland?

Answer 5

Tetraiodothyronine(T3)
Triiodothyronine(T4)
Calcitonin

Question 6

Which hormone does the parathyroid glands secrete?

Answer 6

Parathyroid hormone

Question 7

Which hormone does the adrenal medulla secrete?

Answer 7

Chromaffin

Question 8

Which 3 hormones does the adrenal cortex secrete?

Answer 8

Aldosterone
Cortisol
Certain sex hormones

Question 9

Which hormones does the pancreas secrete?

Answer 9

Alpha cells
Beta cells
Delta cells

Question 10

Which hormone does the pineal gland secrete?

Answer 10

Melatonin

Question 11

Which hormone does the thymus gland secrete?

Answer 11

Thymosins

Question 12

What are the effects of the growth hormone?

Answer 12

Cell division

Question 13

What are the effects of the thyroid stimulating hormone?

Answer 13

Control secretions from the thyroid

Question 14

What are the effects of the Adrenocorticotropic hormone?

Answer 14

Stimulates the adrenal cortex

Question 15

What are the effects of the Follicle-stimulating hormone?

Answer 15

Stimulates the production of gametes

Question 16

What are the effects of the Leuteinizing hormone?

Answer 16

Secretions of sex organ hormones

Question 17

What are the effects of Prolactin?

Answer 17

Stimulates milk production

Question 18

What are the effects of the Antidiuretic hormone?

Answer 18

Helps conserve water and decreased urine regulation

Question 19

What are the effects of Oxytocin?

Answer 19

Stimulates the release of milk
Involved in uterus contractions
No established function in males

Question 20

What are the effects of the Tetraiodothyronineoxine ?

Answer 20

Effects cellular metabolism

Question 21

What are the effects of the triiodothyronine ?

Answer 21

Less abundant but 5x more potent than T4

Question 22

What are the effects of Calcitonin?

Answer 22

Decreases blood calcium

Question 23

What are the effects of the Parathyroid hormone?

Answer 23

Increases blood calcium

Question 24

What is the function of chromaffin?

Answer 24

Secretes epinephrine & norepinephrine

Question 25

What are the effects of aldosterone?

Answer 25

Helps regulate concentration of mineral electrolytes

Question 26

What are the effects of Cortisol?

Answer 26

Glucose metabolism

Question 27

What do alpha cells do?

Answer 27

Secrete glucagon

Question 28

What are the effects glucagon?

Answer 28

Stimulates the liver to break down glycogen into glucose

Question 29

What do beta cells secrete?

Answer 29

Insulin

Question 30

What is the effect of somatostatin?

Answer 30

Regulates glucose metabolism

Question 31

Why are thymosins responsible for?

Answer 31

The formation of T cells