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Endocrine System Flashcards

Organs and tissues and the hormones they produce

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What is the second major control system of the body

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Endocrine system

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

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Endocrine system uses chemical impulses, hormones

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arouses the body tissue and cells by stimulating changes in their metabolic activity. This includes growth, development, and physiological homeostasis

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Hormones

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4
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can be steriods or amino acid based molecules

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hormones

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5
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How does a hormone travel?

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Through the blood

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6
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Cells within an organ that respond to a certain hormone

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Target cells

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7
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Two functional lobes of the pituitary

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adenohypophysis and neurohypophysis

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8
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anterior pituitary

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adenohypophysis

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9
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stalk attaching the pituitary to the hypothalamus

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neurohypophhysis

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10
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Which part of the pituitary secretes the 4 tropic hormones?

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Anterior pituitary

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11
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Hormones that have other endocrine glands as their target

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Tropic hormones

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12
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Is the posterior pituitary an endocrine gland?

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No

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13
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Why is the posterior pituitary not considered an endocrine gland?

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  1. It does not synthesize the hormones it releases. 2. it acts as a storage area for two neurohormones transpported to it
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14
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What are the tropic hormones of the pituitary gland?

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  1. Thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh). 2. follicle stimulating hormone ( FSH). 3. Luetenizing hormone (LH) 4. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
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15
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TSH target gland

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Thyroid gland

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16
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TSH effects

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Stimulation of thyroid hormones

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17
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Target of follicle stimulating hormone

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Ovaries and testes

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18
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Effects of FSH

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Ovaries- stimulates ovarian follicle maturation and estrogen production. Testes- Stimulates sperm production

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19
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Target cell of LH

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Ovaries and testes

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20
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Effects of LH

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Stimulates ovulation and triggers ovarian production of estrogen and progesterone. Males- Stimulates testosterone production

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21
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Target of ACTH

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Adreneal cortex

22
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Effects of ACTH

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Stimulates the release of glucocorticoids and androgens

23
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Non tropic hormones of the anterior pituitary gland

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Growth hormone (GH) and Prolactin (PRL)

24
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Target organs of growth hormone

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liver, muscle bone, and cartilage

25
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Effects of growth hormone

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Stimulates body growth and protein synthesis. mobilizes fat and conserves glucose.

26
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Target organs of prolactin

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Mammary glands of breast

27
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Effects of prolactin

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Stimulates milk production

28
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Hormones stored by posterior pituitary gland

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oxcytocin and antidiarectic hormone

29
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Target of antidiretic hormone

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kidney

30
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Target of ocytocin

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Uterus, mammary glands

31
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What is the small cone shaped gland located in the third ventricle of the brain?

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pineal gland

32
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What is the major endocrine product of the pineal gland?

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Melatonin

33
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composed of two lobes joined by a central mass, or isthmus located in the throat, just inferior the larynx

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Thyroid gland

34
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found embedded in the posterior surface of the thyroid gland typically, two small oval glands on each lobe, but there may be more located in other regions of the neck

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parathyroid glands

35
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Hormone of the thyroid gland

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thyroxine and tridothyronine often reffered to as TH. Calcitonin

36
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Effects of thyroid hormone

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increase BMR, regulates tissue growth and development

37
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Target of TH

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Most cells of the body

38
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Target of calcitonin

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Bones

39
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parathyroid gland hormone

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Parathyroid hormone (PTH)

40
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Target of parathyroid hormone

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bones and kidneys

41
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Where are the adrenal glands located

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Above the kidney

42
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develops from neural crest tissue and is directly controlled by the sympathetic nervous system

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adrenal medulla

43
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how do medullary cells respond to stimulation? What hormones do they release?

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The release epinephrin(80%) and norepinephrin (20%)

44
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located behind the stomach, close to the small intestine?

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The pancreas .

45
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Produces digestive enzymes as well as insulin and glucagon, important hormones concerned with the regulation of blood sugar levels

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Pancreas

46
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When do the gonads have both exocrine and endocrine functions?

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After puberty

47
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What are the pancreas hormones?

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Glucagon and insulin

48
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What is the major endocrine product of the pineal gland

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melatonin

49
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Produces several different families of peptide hormones

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Thymus

50
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Peptide hormones produced by the thymus

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thymulin thymosins thymopoietins

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