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EXAM 5: The Endocrine System Flashcards

1
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Which has quicker and more precise communication, endocrine or nervous system?

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Nervous, endocrine is slower and more widespread.

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What gland has both endocrine and exocrine functions? What system is this important to?

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Pancreas; Digestive

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What glands are among the key sites for hormone production and release?

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Endocrine

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What glands secrete their products into ducts?

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Exocrine

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5
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Where does the endocrine system secrete hormones?

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Into the interstitial fluid that surrounds each cell, then they diffuse into the blood stream

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6
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What are the two classes of hormones?

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Lipid soluble and Water soluble

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Describe Lipid soluble (hydrophobic) Hormones

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Can’t freely move through bloodstream, needs a chaperone
Target cell: can DIFFUSE into target cell
steroid

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Describe water soluble hormones

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Can dissolve in blood on their own
Target cell: Needs transport protein
Amino acid hormone

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9
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What is the “Golden Rule of Hormones”?

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Any cell with a receptor for the hormone will be sensitive to that hormone.

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10
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Why will the number of hormone receptors on the cell membrane’s surface change?

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Depending on need

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11
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What happens in Down-Regulation?

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  • Number of receptors decreases
  • Makes the target tissues LESS sensitive
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12
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When does Down-Regulation occur?

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When there are TOO MANY hormones in the blood stream

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When does Up-Regulation occur?

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When there is NOT ENOUGH hormones in the bloodstream

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What happens in Up-Regulation?

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-Number of receptors increase
- Makes the target tissue more sensitive

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15
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What are some responses that can occur when a hormone binds to a receptor on its target cell:

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Increase or decrease in gene expression
Increase or decrease in metabolism
Increase or decrease in secretion

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16
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What gland sits on top of the kidney?

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Adrenal (Suprarenal) glands

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17
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What does the adrenal medulla contain?

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the inner core of gland tissue, which is 10-20% of the total gland volume

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18
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Two main functions of the inner core of adrenal?

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1.) Endocrine Gland
2.) Sympathetic Nervous System Ganglion

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19
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What do chromaffin cells release when stimulated?

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Catecholamines

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20
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What are 4 effects of catecholamines?

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  • Increased heart rate
  • Dilated blood vessels
  • Increased blood pressure
  • Increased breathing rate
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21
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What is another name for epinephrine?

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Adrenaline

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22
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What is the adrenal cortex?

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The cortex that surrounds the medulla and secretes several hormones from three layers of glandular tissue.

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Name the 3 zones of the adrenal cortex

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1.) Zona Glomerulosa
2.) Zona Fasciculata
3.) Zona Reticularis

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24
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What hormone is secreted in the Zona Glomerulosa?

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Aldosterone

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25
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What hormone is secreted in the Zona Fasciculata?

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Cortisol

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26
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What hormone is secreted in the Zona Reticularis?

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Androgens

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27
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What is cortisol?

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The stress hormone

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28
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Cortisol is secreted in response to the release of what hormone?

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ACTH

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29
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What are the metabolic effects of cortisol?

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Repair of tissues

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30
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Aldosterone is secreted as a response to what?

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Hormonal signals from the kidneys

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31
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What is the purpose of aldosterone?

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Helps retain water
Causes the retention of Na+

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32
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What is the largest gland that is all the way endocrine?

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Thyroid Gland

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33
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Name the hormones secreted by the thyroid gland:

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  • Thyroxine
  • Triiodothyronine
  • Calcitonin
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34
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How many iodine atoms does thyroxine have?

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4

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35
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How many iodine atoms does triiodothyronine have?

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3

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36
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What hormone do the parathyroid glands secrete?

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Parathyroid hormone (PTH)

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37
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What are the two ways that PTH works to raise blood Ca2+?

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Calcitriol Synthesis
Bone resorption

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38
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What is Calcitriol synthesis?

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Increased absorption of Calcium from food

39
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What does bone resorption do?

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Increase osteoclasts

40
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What is the largest gland in the body?

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Endocrine Pancreas

41
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What does endocrine pancreas do?

A

Blood Glucose Regulation

42
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What does exocrine pancreas do?

A

Digestive Enzyme Production

43
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What do Beta cells secrete?

44
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What do Delta cells secrete?

A

Somatostatin

45
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What do Alpha cells secrete?

46
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What causes insulin to be secreted by beta cells?

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Increased blood glucose levels

47
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What does insulin stimulate cells to do?

A

Use or store glucose

48
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What is insulins job?

A

LOWER blood glucose levels after a meal

49
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What are the 3 ways that insulin lowers our blood glucose levels?

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  • Metabolizing glucose to create ATP (Glycolysis)
  • Converting the excess into fat (Adipose)
  • Traffic to liver or muscle to create glycogen (glycogenesis)
50
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What disease is associated with an insufficiency of insulin production?

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Type 1 Diabetes

51
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What disease is associated with an insufficiency of insulin reaction?

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Type 2 Diabetes

52
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Name the steps used as insulin works in the body:

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1.) You eat a meal
2.) Insulin is released from beta cells in pancreas
3.) Insulin binds to insulin receptor
4.) Opens glucose/Na+ symporter
5.) Sodium carries glucose into cell

53
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What step is inflicted by Type 1 Diabetes?

A

Release of insulin from beta cells in pancreas

54
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What step is inflicted by Type 2 Diabetes?

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Insulin binding to insulin receptors

55
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Glucagon is released by alpha cells in response to what?

A

LOW blood glucose levels

56
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What does glucagon stimulate cells to do?

A

Recycle or produce glucose

57
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What is the job of glucagon?

A

RASIE our blood glucose levels during fasting

58
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What are the 3 ways that glucagon raises blood glucose levels?

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  • Increase production of glucose (New glucose- Gluconeogenesis)
  • Break apart glycogen (glycogenolysis)
  • Increase release of stored glucose
59
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What does glucagon turn to when it raises blood glucose levels during fasting?

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Fats, lipids, and proteins

60
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Where is the pituitary gland suspended from?

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The floor of the hypothalamus by a stalk called the infundibulum/hypophysis and is housed on a bony depression called the sella turcica.

61
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What are the two structures of the pituitary?

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Anterior and Posterior

62
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What does the anterior pituitary use to communicate with the hypothalamus?

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Hypophyseal Portal System

63
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What does the posterior pituitary use to communicate?

A

Axons (nerve fibers)

64
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The anterior pituitary gland (adenohypophysis) arises from what?

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Primordial Pharynx, ,making it epithelial tissue

65
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The posterior pituitary gland (neurohypophysis) is what kind of tissue?

66
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Anterior Pituitary Embryonic Origin?

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Oral Epithelial

67
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Posterior Pituitary Embryonic Origin?

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Nervous tissue

68
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Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) targets what?

A

Adrenal gland

69
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ACTH releases what?

70
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Human Growth Hormone (hGH) targets what?

A

Liver and muscles

71
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hGH releases what?

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GHRH, GHIH

72
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Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) releases what?

73
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Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing Hormone (LH) release what?

74
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Prolactin (PRL) targets and does what?

A

Breast Milk Production

75
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PRL releases what?

A

PRH and PIH

76
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How does the hypothalamus control its release of hormones?

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Tells anterior pituitary to release SPECIFIC hormones

77
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How does the hypothalamus control its inhibition of hormones?

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Tells anterior pituitary NOT to release specific hormones

78
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What kind of feedback does the hypothalamus use to closely control the secretion of anterior pituitary hormones?

A

Negative feedback from target glands

79
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What does HPO axis stand for?

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H- Hypothalamus
P- Anterior Pituitary
O- Organ ( thyroid, adrenal gland, gonads)

80
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The secretion of ACTH is controlled by what?

A

Corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH)

81
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The secretion of hGH is stimulated by what?

A

Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH)
Growth Hormone Inhibiting Hormone (GHIH)

82
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What does hGH signal the liver to secrete?

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Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1) which promotes cell division

83
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The secretion of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) is stimulated by what?

A

Thyrotropin- releasing hormone (TRH)

84
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TSH signal the thyroid gland to secrete what?

A

Triiodothyronine (T3) and Thyroxin (T4)

85
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TSH and TRH are inhibited by rising levels of what?

86
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Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing Hormone (LH) are stimulated by what and act on what?

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Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH), act on gonads

87
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Prolactin release is stimulated by what?

A

Prolactin releasing hormone (PRH) and Prolactin Inhibiting Hormone (PIH)

88
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PRL is LOW unless what?

A

A mother is breastfeeding

89
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Nuclei of Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)?

A

Supraoptic Nucleus

90
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Nuclei of Oxytocin (OT)?

A

Paraventricular Nucleus

91
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What is the bonding hormone?

92
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What is the ONLY positive feedback hormone?

93
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Oxytocin does what?

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  • Enhances smooth muscle contractions and facilitates labor and delivery
  • Stimulates milk ejection from the mammary glands after delivery
94
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Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) does what?

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Increase blood pressure by minimizing the amount of water excreted in the kidneys.

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