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Endocrine System Flashcards

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What do Endocrine Glands do?

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They secrete internally. They send hormones via the blood stream

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What do Exocrine glands do?

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Secrete externally through ducts

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What hormones does the Thyroid Gland produce?

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Thyroxin and Calcitonin

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What Hormones does the Parathyroid gland produce?

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Parathormone

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What hormones does the Adrenal cortex gland produce?

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Glucocorticoids
Mineralocorticoids
Gonadocorticoids

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What hormones does the Adrenal Medulla gland produce?

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Adrenaline (Epinephrine) and Noradrenaline (Norepinephrine)

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What hormones does the pituitary gland produce?

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Growth Hormone
Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)
Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Luteinizing hormone (LH)
Prolactin 
Oxytocin 
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
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What hormones does the pancreas gland produce?

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Insulin, Glucagon and Somatostatin

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9
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What hormones does the ovary gland produce?

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Oestrogen and Progesterone

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What hormones does the testis gland produce?

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Testosterone

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What hormones does the Pineal gland produce?

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Melatonin

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What is the action of the hormone Melatonin?

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Coordinating circadian and diurnal rhythms

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13
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What is the action of the hormone testosterone?

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Male Characteristics Spermatogenesis

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What is the action of the Hormone Progesterone?

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Prepare the uterus and maintains pregnancy

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What is the action of the hormone Oestrogen?

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Female sec characteristics and oestrus behaviour

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What is the action of the hormone Somatostatin?

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Smooths out blood glucose fluctuations

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What is the action of the hormone Glucagon?

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Increases blood glucose

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What is the action of the hormone Insulin?

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Decreases blood glucose

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What is the action of the Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)?

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Reabsorption of water from renal collecting ducts

20
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What is the action of the oxytocin hormone?

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Milk let down, uterine contraction and parturition

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What is the action of the hormone prolactin?

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Stimulates formation of milk

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What is the action of the Luteinizing hormone (LH)?

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Ovulation and development of the corpus luteum

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What is the action of the Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)?

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Stimulates adrenal cortex

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What is the action of the Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)?

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Stimulates growth of ovarian follicle

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What is the action of the Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)?

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stimulates thyroid gland activity

26
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What is the action of the growth hormone?

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Stimulates growth

27
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What is the action of the Noradrenaline (norepinephrine) hormone?

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Sympathetic nerve system

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What is the action of the Adrenaline (Epinephrine) hormone?

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Sympathetic nerve system

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What is the action of the hormone Gonadocorticoids?

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Male and female sex hormone

30
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What is the action of the hormone Mineralocorticoids?

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Potassium and sodium levels

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What is the action of the hormone Glucocorticoids?

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Protein and carbohydrate metabolism and ani-inflammatory

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What is the action of the hormone Parathormone?

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Regulates calcium and phosphorus levels

33
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What is the action of the hormone Calcitonin?

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Regulates calcium level

34
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What is the action of the hormone Thyroxin?

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Increases metabolic rate

35
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What are the symptoms of hyperthyroidism?

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Underweight, Active, aggressive, polyphagia and tachycardia

36
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What is Diabetes Mellitus?

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Lack of insulin

37
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What are the symptoms of diabetes mellitus?

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Hyperglycaemia, glycosuria and underweight as the body uses fat and protein stores as energy

38
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What does Hyperadrenocorticalism lead to?

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Cushings disease

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What are the symptoms of Hyperadrenocorticalism?

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Polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia, bilateral symmetrical alopecia

40
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What does Hypothyroidism cause in young animals?

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What does Hypothyroidism cause in older animals?

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Myxodema - Sluggish , overweight, alopecia and bradycardia

42
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What does autocrine mean?

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Of or relating to a hormone that has an effect on the original cell that produced it

43
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What does paracrine mean?

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Of or elation get to a hormone that has an effect on local cells

44
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What is negative feedback?

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Increased levels of a hormone detected results in decreased levels of hormone production

45
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What is positive feedback?

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Increased levels of hormone result in even more hormone being produced by the gland

46
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What hormones does the anterior pituitary gland produce?

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Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
Growth hormone (GH) or somatotropin
Luteinising hormone (LH)
Prolactin 
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
47
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What hormones does the posterior pituitary gland produce?

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Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) aka vasopressin
Oxytocin

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