Endocrine System (go back and add slides 1-37)

Question 1

What is prolactin (PRL)?

Answer 1

An anterior pituitary gland hormone that stimulates mammary glands to produce milk after childbirth

Question 2

What is melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH)?

Answer 2

An anterior pituitary gland hormone that regulates melanin production in the skin

Question 3

What is growth hormone (GH)?

Answer 3

An anterior pituitary gland hormone that acts on muscular and connective tissues to promote skeletal and muscular growth

Question 4

What is acromegaly?

Answer 4

Overproduction of growth hormone as an adult. Results in larger feet, hands, and face

Question 5

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Answer 5

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Question 6

What is thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)?

Answer 6

An anterior pituitary gland which is activated by the TRH, and stimulates the thyroid gland to make more thyroid hormones

Question 7

What is adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)?

Answer 7

An anterior pituitary gland which is activated by the CRH and stimulates the adrenal cortex to produce cortisol

Question 8

What are the 2 gonadotropin hormones?

Answer 8

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH)

Question 9

What do the gonadotropin hormones do?

Answer 9

They are activated by the GnRH from hypothalamus, and stimulate gonads to produce sex cells and hormones

Question 10

What is the thyroid gland?

Answer 10

A gland that produces T3 and T4 with the help of iodine

Question 11

What do T3 and T4 do?

Answer 11

Increase the rate at which all cells release energy from carbs

Question 12

What is the parathyroid hormone (PTH)?

Answer 12

A hormone found in the parathyroid which increases blood calcium and stimulates bone breakdown

Question 13

What are the 2 parts of the adrenal glands?

Answer 13

Adrenal medulla and adrenal cortex

Question 14

What controls the adrenal medulla?

Answer 14

The autonomic nervous system

Question 15

What controls the adrenal cortex?

Answer 15

ACTH from anterior pituitary

Question 16

What controls the adrenal cortex?

Answer 16

ACTH from anterior pituitar

Question 17

What does the adrenal cortex do?

Answer 17

Produces glucocorticoids (including cortisol and cortisone), it is part of a long-term response to stress, regulates carb, protein, and fat metabolism, and suppresses inflammatory response

Question 18

What does the adrenal cortex do? FIX THIS Q

Answer 18

Produces glucocorticoids (including cortisol and cortisone), it is part of a long-term response to stress, regulates carb, protein, and fat metabolism, and suppresses inflammatory respons

Question 19

What is produced by the adrenal cortex?

Answer 19

Mineralcorticoids, which regulate salt and water balance, and sex steroids (androgens and estrogens)

Question 20

What is produced by the adrenal medulla?

Answer 20

Epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine that allow short-term response to stress

Question 21

What are testes and what do they produce?

Answer 21

Male gonads which produce androgens

Question 22

What are 4 functions of androgens?

Answer 22

Stimulate growth of penis and testes, responsible for male secondary sex characteristics, prompt larynx and vocal cords to enlarge (resulting in lower voice), and increases muscular strength

Question 23

What are ovaries and what do they produce?

Answer 23

Gonads in females, and they produce estrogen and progesterone

Question 24

What are 3 functions of estrogen/progesterone?

Answer 24

Stimulate growth of vagina and uterus, responsible for secondary sex characteristics, and regulate uterine cycle

Question 25

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Question 26

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