Final 4.6 Flashcards
What’s system compliments the endocrine system
Nervous system
What are the glands associated to te nervous system
Hypothalamus and pituitary gland
What glands are associated with the digestive system
Pancreas, stomach, duodenum
What glands associate with the reproductive system
Gonads (testes and ovaries)
What are the organs with exclusive endocrine function
Thyroid Parathyroid Thymus Adrenals Adipose
How many known human hormones are there?
30
Explain what a hormone is
- chemical signal that provides instruction
- produced in endocrine glands
- travel through blood stream
- exert their effects on cells with specie receptors
What do hormones usually regulate
Protein synthesis
Are hormone produced in small or large quantities?
Small
Where are the signal amplified for hormones?
In the target cells
What does the endocrine system contain
-widespread (need receptors)
-communication is chemical via blood
•paracrine
•endocrine
-long term process
•growth development
•reproduction
What is paracrine?
Signaling is a form of cell-cell communication in which a cell produces a signal to induce changes nearby cells. Results in changing behavior or look of the cell
What does the nervous system include
-monitors specific cells •anatomical limits -communication is electrical via nerves •direct •synaptic -short term process
What are all hormones tightly regulated by
Negative feedback
Where is the hypothalamus and pituitary structure located?
Brain
What’s the characteristic of the hypothalamus and pituitary gland
Highest level of endocrine control in multi hormone pathways
What do hypothalamus hormone communicate to?
Anterior pituitary gland
What does the anterior pituitary gland communicate to
Other endocrine organs
What pituitary hormone does the anterior pituitary gland responsible for
ACTH, TSH, GH, PRL, FSH, LH
What glands is the posterior pituitary gland responsible for
ADH and OXT
FSH and LSH are responsible for what hormones
Inhibin
Testosterone
Estrogen
Proesterone
PRL is associated to which hormone
Mammary glands
GH is for which hormone
Somatomedin
TSH is for which hormone
Thyroid hormone
