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endocrinology Flashcards

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what is endocrinology

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study of the endocrine system (i.e., the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, adrenals, and gonads

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what are the endocrine glands responsible for

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The endocrine glands are responsible for producing and secreting hormones, which influence the function of cells in certain tissues of the body

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what is hormone secretion is controlled by?

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hypothalamic-pituitary axis

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what does the hypothalamus secrete

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hormones

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what are nontropic hormones

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ADH, oxytocin

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what are releasing hormones

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TRH, CRH, GnRH

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what does the anterior pituatary gland secrete

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ACTH, TSH, FSH, LH

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what are tropic hormone

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ACTH, TSH, FSH, LH

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what are gonads

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ovaries in female individuals and testicles in male individuals

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what are endocrine hormones

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Secreted into the bloodstream to reach their targets

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what are types of peptide hormones

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Oxytocin
Vasopressin
Prolactin
Glucagon
Insulin

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what is the function of the hypothalamus

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Regulation of hormonal secretion by the anterior pituitary gland via the hypothalamic-pituitary axis

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what is the function of the anterior gland

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Regulation of endocrine gland function via the release of tropic hormones

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what is the role of the posterior gland

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storage/release of ADH and oxytocin

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what is the role of acth

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Stimulates adrenal glucocorticoid and androgen production

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what is the target of the adrenal cortex

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Adrenal cortex

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what is the function of TSH

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Stimulates thyroid hormone production

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what is the target TSH

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Thyroid gland

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what is the target Gonadotropins

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gonads

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which hormone does the Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis release

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ACTH

20
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which hormone does the Hypothalamic-somatotropic axis release

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growth hormone

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which hormone does the Hypothalamic-prolactin axis release

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prolactin

22
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what is the role of oxytocin

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Promotes uterine contractions during labor
Facilitates milk ejection reflex

23
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what does ADH do

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increase urea reabsorption in the collecting duct
regulates blood pressure
regulates plasma osmolarity

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