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Endocrine System Flashcards

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Ecdysone

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Hormone

Early development of insects

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Endocrine gland

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Ductless glands that secrete hormones

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Brain hormone

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Made in hypothalamus

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Pheromones

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Hormones that act between different organisms

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Juvenile hormones

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Inhibits ecdysone and prevents insects from maturing too quickly

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Glucocorticoids

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Steroid hormone

Regulates glucose level

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Mineralcorticoids

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Steroid hormones
Salt and water balance
Aldosterone

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Thyroid gland

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Growth development metabolic rate

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Thyroxin

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Secreted by thyroid

Oxygen consumption

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Hypothyroidism

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Not enough thyroid hormone is made

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Hyperthyroidism

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Too much thyroid hormone made

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Calcitonin

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Lowers calcium level

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Parathyroid

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Glands Located near thyroid

Secrete thyroid hormones

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Estrogen

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Female sex hormone

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Amine

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Neurotransmitter in plants and animal

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cAMP

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Second messenger

Mediates actions between hormones

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Protein based hormones

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Hydrophilic and not lipid soluble so have to bind to receptor proteins in cell membrane
Trigger secondary messenger

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Lipid based hormones

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Hydrophobic and lipid soluble so bind to receptor proteins in cytoplasm and nucleus
Transcription factors that turn on genes

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Kinase cascade

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Phosphate group transfers

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G proteins

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Second messengers activated by receptor proteins

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Anterior pituitary

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FSH LH ACTH growth hormone TSH prolactin

Growth, ect.

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Posterior pituitary

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Oxytocin vasopressin

Uterine contraction, kidney water absorption

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Thyroid

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Thyroid hormone calcitonin

Metabolic rate, lowers calcium level

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Parathyroid

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Parathyroid hormone

Increase blood calcium

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Adrenal cortex

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Alsosterone

Increases na and h2o reabsorption in kidneys

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Adrenal medulla

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Epinephrine nopinephrine

Increase blood glucose and heart rate

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Pancreas

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Insulin glucagon

Decrease blood sugar, increase sugar

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Ovaries

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Estrogen progesterone

Sex characteristics and endometrial lining

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Testes

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Testosterone

Sex characteristics and spermatogenesis

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