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Finals: Endocrine System Flashcards

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Zinc is associated with the storage of what hormone

A

Insulin

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1
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Where are pituicytes located

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Neurohypophysis

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2
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Another name for anterior pituitary

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Adenohypophysis

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3
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What gland is responsible for the secretion of calcitonin

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Thyroid

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4
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What hormone is an antagonist to PTH

A

Calcitonin

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5
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What hormone inhibits GH release

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Somatostatin

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6
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In what part of the pituitary gland are the crypts, remnants of rathke’s

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Median eminence

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7
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What organ secretes melatonin

A

Pineal gland

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Release of aldosterone by the zona glomerulosa is regulated by what hormone

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Angiotensin

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9
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What hormone besides renin is made in the kidney

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EPO

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10
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Other name for GH

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Somatropin

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What hormone is release by fibers of the nucleus of paraventriculars

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Oxytocin

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12
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What is the precursor of melatonin

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Serotonin

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13
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Somatostatin is secreted by what pancreatic cell

A

D cells

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14
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The precursor of epinephrine is the

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Norepinephrine

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Epinephrine is secreted by what part of adrenal gland

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Medulla

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What is the name of the cortical region adjacent to the adrenal medulla

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Reticularis

17
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Where is prolactin produce

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Adenohypophysis

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What hormone acts on the DCT of the kidney to decrease urine volume

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ADH

19
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Where is MSH produced

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Pars intermedia

20
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DI results from a deficiency of what hormone

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Vasopressin

21
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What hormone, as one of its effects, stimulates Leydig cells

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LH

22
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Addison’s disease is caused by the destruction of what endocrine gland

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Adrenal gland

23
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Acromegaly is caused by overproduction of what hormone

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Growth Hormone

24
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What is the main secretion of zona fasciculata

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Cortisol

25
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What cell secretes calcitonin

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C-cell

26
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Spermatogenesis is stimulated by what pituitary hormone

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FSH

27
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Lipotropin (LSH) is produced by what structure

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Adenohypophysis

28
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What gland is closely regulated by the dark light cycle

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Pineal gland

29
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What endocrine gland typically exhibits accumulations of fat cells with age

A

Parathyroid gland

30
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Mineralocorticoids are released by what part of the adrenal gland

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Zona glomerulosa

62
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What cell produces melatonin

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Melanocyte

63
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What substance is made in the follicular(principal) cells of the thyroid gland

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Thyroglobulin

64
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Where is corpora arenacea found

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Pineal gland

65
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Beta-endorphine is related to what part of pituitary gland

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Pars intermedia

66
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Cells of what part of the adrenal gland are of neural crest origin

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Medulla

67
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The JG cortex of the lymph nodes contains abundant supply of what type of lymphocytes

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T lymphocytes

68
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What tonsil other than lingual tonsil is lined by stratified squamous epithelium

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Palatine tonsil

69
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Where is bilirubin formed

A

Spleen

70
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What lymphoid structure is unique in that it has a cellular rather than a reticular fiber supporting stroma

A

Thymus

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