endocrine vocab

Question 1

adenohypophysis

Answer 1

anterior portion of the pituitary gland, gland below the brain

Question 2

androgens

Answer 2

steroid hormones that promote male characteristics

Question 3

circadian rhythms

Answer 3

a persons biologic clock

Question 4

endocrine glands

Answer 4

glands that secrete their products directly into the blood

Question 5

endocrinology

Answer 5

study of the endocrine glands

Question 6

estrogens

Answer 6

group of hormones that stimulate the secondary development of female sex characteristics

Question 7

exocrine glands

Answer 7

glands that secrete their products onto a cavity or duct

Question 8

glucocorticoids

Answer 8

hormones from the adrenal cortex that raise blood sugar levels

Question 9

goradocorticoids

Answer 9

sex hormones that are secreted by the endocrine glands

Question 10

hormones

Answer 10

substances secreted by the endocrine glands

Question 11

mineralocorticoids

Answer 11

hormones that help regulate electrocyte balances in the body

Question 12

neurohypophysis

Answer 12

posterior portion of the pituitary gland

Question 13

pinealocytes

Answer 13

secretory cells of the pineal gland

Question 14

progesterone

Answer 14

hormone that causes the uterine lining to thicken and prepare for pregnancy and maintain pregnancy

Question 15

target tissue

Answer 15

tissue that responds to a particular hormone because it has those specific receptors