Finals: Endocrine System Flashcards
Zinc is associated with the storage of what hormone
Insulin
Where are pituicytes located
Neurohypophysis
Another name for anterior pituitary
Adenohypophysis
What gland is responsible for the secretion of calcitonin
Thyroid
What hormone is an antagonist to PTH
Calcitonin
What hormone inhibits GH release
Somatostatin
In what part of the pituitary gland are the crypts, remnants of rathke’s
Median eminence
What organ secretes melatonin
Pineal gland
Release of aldosterone by the zona glomerulosa is regulated by what hormone
Angiotensin
What hormone besides renin is made in the kidney
EPO
Other name for GH
Somatropin
What hormone is release by fibers of the nucleus of paraventriculars
Oxytocin
What is the precursor of melatonin
Serotonin
Somatostatin is secreted by what pancreatic cell
D cells
The precursor of epinephrine is the
Norepinephrine
Epinephrine is secreted by what part of adrenal gland
Medulla
What is the name of the cortical region adjacent to the adrenal medulla
Reticularis
Where is prolactin produce
Adenohypophysis
What hormone acts on the DCT of the kidney to decrease urine volume
ADH
Where is MSH produced
Pars intermedia
DI results from a deficiency of what hormone
Vasopressin
What hormone, as one of its effects, stimulates Leydig cells
LH
Addison’s disease is caused by the destruction of what endocrine gland
Adrenal gland
Acromegaly is caused by overproduction of what hormone
Growth Hormone
What is the main secretion of zona fasciculata
Cortisol
What cell secretes calcitonin
C-cell
Spermatogenesis is stimulated by what pituitary hormone
FSH
Lipotropin (LSH) is produced by what structure
Adenohypophysis
What gland is closely regulated by the dark light cycle
Pineal gland
What endocrine gland typically exhibits accumulations of fat cells with age
Parathyroid gland
Mineralocorticoids are released by what part of the adrenal gland
Zona glomerulosa
What cell produces melatonin
Melanocyte
What substance is made in the follicular(principal) cells of the thyroid gland
Thyroglobulin
Where is corpora arenacea found
Pineal gland
Beta-endorphine is related to what part of pituitary gland
Pars intermedia
Cells of what part of the adrenal gland are of neural crest origin
Medulla
The JG cortex of the lymph nodes contains abundant supply of what type of lymphocytes
T lymphocytes
What tonsil other than lingual tonsil is lined by stratified squamous epithelium
Palatine tonsil
Where is bilirubin formed
Spleen
What lymphoid structure is unique in that it has a cellular rather than a reticular fiber supporting stroma
Thymus
