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final a&p 2 Flashcards

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Endocrine system

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Glands, tissues, and cells that secrete hormones

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Hormones

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Chem messengers transported through bloodstream

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What is pituitary gland controlled by

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Hypothalamus

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4 principal mechanisms of communication btwn cells

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Gap junctions
neurotransmitters
Paracrines
Hormones

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Exocrine glands

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Have ducts, carry secretion to epithelial surface or mucosa of digestive tract
Extracellular effects (food digestion)

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Endocrine system

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No ducts, capillary network takes hormones into blood

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Nervous/Endocrine - communication

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Nervous - electrical impulses and neurotransmitters
Endocrine - hormones

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Nervous/Endochrine - releases

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Nervous - neurotransmitters at synapses at specific target cells
Endocrine - hormones into bloodstream for general distribution

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Nervous/Endocrine - effects

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Nervous - relatively local, specific effects
Endocrine - very general, widespread effects

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Nervous/Endocrine reaction time

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Nervous - quick, within 1-10 ms
Endocrine - slow, seconds to days

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Nervous/Endocrine - stopping

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Nervous - stops when stim stops
Endocrine - may continue to respond after stim stops

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Nervous/Endocrine adaptation

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Nervous - relatively quick to continual stim
Endocrine - relatively slowly, days to weeks

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What is the adenohypophysis

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Anterior pituitary

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What is the neurohypophsis

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Posterior pituitary

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hypothalamic hormones

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GnRH
TRH
CRH
PIH
GHRH
Somatostatin

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Anterior lobe hormones

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FSH
LH
TSH
ACTH
Prolactin
GH

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posterior pituitary hormones

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oxytocin
ADH

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What is the full name, source, and target of ACTH

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Adrenocorticotropic hormone
anterior pituitary
adrenal glands

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What is the full name, source, and target of ADH

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Antidiuretic hormone
posterior pituitary
kidneys

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What is the full name and source of ANP

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Atrial natriuretic peptide
heart

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What is the full name, source, and target of CRH

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Corticotropin-releasing hormone
hypothalamus
anterior pituitary

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What is the full name and source of DHEA

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Dehydroepiandrosterone
adrenal cortex

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What is the full name and source of EPO

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Erythropoietin
kidney, liver

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What is the full name, source, and target of FSH

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Follicle-stimulating hormone
anterior pituitary
ovaries, testes

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What is the full name and source of GH
Growth hormone anterior pituitary
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What is the full name, source, and target of GHRH
Growth hormone-releasing hormone hypothalamus anterior pituitary
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What is the full name, source, and target of GnRH
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone hypothalamus anterior pituitary
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What is the full name and source of IGFs
Insulin-like growth factors liver, other tissues
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What is the full name, source, and target of LH
Luteinizing hormone anterior pituitary ovaries, testes
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What is the full name and source of NE
Norepinephrine adrenal medulla
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What is the full name and source of OT
Oxytocin posterior pituitary
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What is the full name, source, and target of PIH
prolactin-inhibiting hormone (dopamine) hypothalamus anterior pituitary
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What is the full name, source, and target of PRL
prolactin anterior pituitary mammary glands
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What is the full name and source of PTH
Parathyroid hormone parathyroids
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What is the full name and source of TH
thyroid hormone thyroid
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What is the full name, source, and target of TRH
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone hypothalamus anterior pituitary
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What is the full name, source, and target of TSH
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (thyrotropin) anterior pituitary thyroid
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TRH promotes secretion of
TSH PRL
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CRH promotes secretion of
ACTH
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GnRH promotes secretion of
FSH LH
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GHRH promotes secretion of
GH
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PIH inhibits secretion of
PRL
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Somatostatin inhibits secretion of
GH and TSH
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Function of FSH
* stims secretion of ovarian sex hormones * dev of ovarian follicles * sperm production
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Function of LH
* stims ovulation * stim corpus luteum to secrete progesterone * stim testes to secrete testosterone
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Function of ACTH
stims adrenal cortex to secrete glucocoticoids
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Function of PRL
stims mammary glands to produce milk
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Function of GH
stims mitosis and cellular differentiation
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Function of ADH
* incr water retention preventing dehydr * target: collecting duct
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Function of IGF
prolong action of GH
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GH half-life vs IGF half-life
6-20 min vs ~20 hrs
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Path of sperm

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