Exam 1- Endocrine And Cardiac

Question 0

Hypothalamus

Answer 0

Controls pituitary gland and is releasing or inhibiting hormones

Question 1

Anterior pituitary hormones?

Answer 1

Growth hormone, prolactin, and four tropins,
thyroid stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormones,
follicle stimulAting hormone,
luteinizing hormone

Question 2

Posterior pituitary hormones

Answer 2

Oxytocin and ADH

Question 3

Thyroid gland produces which hormones?

Answer 3

Thyroid hormones (t3 and T4)

Question 4

Parathyroid glAnds produce which hormone?

Answer 4

Parathyroid hormone, PTH. Which raises blood calcium levels

Question 5

Adrenal medulla produces which hormones?

Answer 5

Epinephrine and norepinephrine (fight or flight hormones)

Question 6

Adrenal cortex produces which hormones?

Answer 6

Mineralocorticoids-aldosterone
Glucocorticoids- resists long term stressors
Gonadocorticoids- androgens(testosterone) and a small amount of estrogen.

Question 7

What hormones does the pancreas produce?

Answer 7

Glucagon- raises the blood sugar levels.

Insulin- lowers blood sugar

Question 8

What hormones do the gonads produce?

Answer 8

Ovaries- estrogen and progesterone

Testes- testosterone

Question 9

What hormones does the thymus produce?

Answer 9

Thymosin and thymopoietin- stimulates production of T cells and is also part of the immune system.

Question 10

Pineal gland?

Answer 10

Produces melatonin, sleep wake cycles.

Question 11

Plasma is composed of?

Answer 11

Water, electrolytes,nutrients& wastes,proteins

Question 12

Formed elements is composed of?

Answer 12

Erythrocytes(RBC’s)
Leukocytes(wbc)
Platelets

Question 13

Which leukocytes are granulocytes?

Answer 13

Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Basophils

Question 14

Definition of neutrophils?

Answer 14

Most common, phagocytes, 1st responders to a wound site, pinkish granules with 3 to 5 lobed nucleus.

Question 15

Definition of eosinophils?

Answer 15

Bright red granules, 2 lobed nucleus, phagocytize parasitic worms, and inactivated histamine

Question 16

Definition of basophils?

Answer 16

Least common, S-shaped nucleus, large role granules that contain histamine, releases histamine.

Question 17

Which leukocytes are agranulocytes?

Answer 17

Lymphocytes and monocytes

Question 18

Definition of lymphocytes?

Answer 18

T cells kill virus infected and cancer cells

B cells produce antibodies

Question 19

Definition of monocytes?

Answer 19

Largest leukocyte, pale blue cytoplasm, large kidney shaped nuclei, become a macrophage and cleans up