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Endocrine System Flashcards

1
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Endocrine system

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  • Ductless system

- non-localized response

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2
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Hormones that are proteins

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Insulin and prolactin

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Hormones which are peptide chains

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Antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin

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4
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Steroid hormones

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  • Cholesterol derivatives

- Testosterone & estradiol

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5
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Catecholamines

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Norepinephrine and epinephrine

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What is known as the master gland?

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Pituitary gland

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7
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what connects the pituitary to the hypothalamus ?

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Infundibulum

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Subdivisions of the pituitary

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Neurohypophysis and the adenohypophysis

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9
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divisions of the neurohypophysis

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pars nervosa, infundibular stalk, and median eminence

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Posterior lobe of the neurohypophysis

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Pars nervosa

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11
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Hormones secreted by the neurohypophysis

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Oxytocin & antidiuretic hormone

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subdivisions of the adenohypophysis

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pars distalis, pars intermedia, and pars tuberalis

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13
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Anterior lobe of the pituitary

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par distalis

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14
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what secretes tropic hormones

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Adenohyophysis

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15
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Cell types in the pars distills

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  • Lactropic cells
  • thyrotropic
  • somatotropic
  • coricotrophic
  • gonadotropic
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16
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Lactotropic

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Secretes prolactin

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17
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Thyrotropic cells

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secretes thyroid stimulating hormones

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18
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Somatotropic cells

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secrete growth hormone

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19
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corticotropin cells

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Secrete adrenocorticotropic hormone & melanocyte-simulating hormone

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Gonadotropic cells

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secrete follicle stipulating hormone and luteinizing hormone

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21
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Classification of cells of the anterior pituitary

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acidophils or basophils

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22
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Acidophils

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  • Somatortophic & lactotropic

- secretes growth hormone and prolactin

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Basophils

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  • gonadotropic cells, corticotropic cells and thyrotropic cells.
  • secrete FSH, LH, ACTH, and TSH.
24
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Pineal gland

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-Secretes melatonin

25
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Cells of the pineal glands

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Pinealocytes

26
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‘brain sand”

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Corpora arenacea

27
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Corpora arenacea

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calcification seen in the pineal gland

28
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Thyroid gland

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-secretes the thyroid hormones and calcitonin

29
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Cells of the thyroid

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follicular cells and parafollicular cells

30
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C-cells

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  • Parafollicular cells

- secrete calcinin

31
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Parathyroid

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contains two cell types : principal and oxyphyil cells

32
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Pancreas

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-both endocrine and exocrine

33
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Endocrine portion of the pancreas

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-Housed in the islets of langergans

34
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Islets of langerhans

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-most numerous in the tail of pancreas

contains alpha, beta and delta cells

35
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Alpha cells

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secretes glucagon

36
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Beta cells

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Secretes insulin

37
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Delta cells

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secretes somatostatin

38
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Acini

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exocrine portion of the pancreas

39
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Adrenal glands

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-composed of the adrenal cortex and the adrenal medulla

40
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layers of the adrenal cortex

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zona glomerulosa, zona fasciculata, and zona reticularis

41
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Name the products of the layers of the adrenal cortex

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zona glomerulosa=principle products
zona fasciculata=glycocorticoids
zona reticularis = sex steroids

42
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cells of the adrenal medulla

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Chromaffin cells

43
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What do chromatin cells secrete ?

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They secrete the catecholamines (epinephrine and norepinephrine).

44
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Sertoli cells

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  • produce inhibin and androgen-binding protein

- sustentacular cells or nurse cells

45
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The interstitial cells of Leydig

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-produce testosterone

46
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Ovary

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Secrete estrogen and progesterone

47
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Placenta

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Secretes human chorionic gonadotropin

48
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Thymus

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Produces thymosin

49
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Stomach

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  • Produces gastrin

- gastrin stimulates the production of HCl and pesin

50
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Small intestines

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-secretin and CCK produces here

51
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Secretin

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-stimuates the pancreas to produce bicarbonate

52
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CCK

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Stimulates gallbladder contraction and the pancreas to secrete digestive enzyme

53
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Heart

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Specialized cells produce atrial natriiuretic hormone, or atriopeptin.

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