glands and hormones 13.1/13.2

Question 1

tropic hormones

Answer 1

hormones that target endocrine glands to release different hormones
often control releasing hormone by negative feedback

Question 2

2 parts of the pituitary gland

Answer 2

anterior and posterior

Question 3

pituitary gland is controlled by releasing hormones from ____

Answer 3

hypothalamus

Question 4

posterior pituitary

Answer 4

stores and releases hormones (ADH and oxytocin)

Question 5

anterior pituitary synthesizes and releases these 6 major hormones

Answer 5

1)hGH 2)PRL 3)TSH 4)ACTH 5) FSH 6) LH c

Question 6

controlled by ____ and ____ hormones from hypothalamus

Answer 6

release and release inhibiting

Question 7

pathway with releasing hormone

Answer 7

hypothalamus- releasing hormone- anterior pituitary- release of hormone

Question 8

path way with release inhibiting hormones

Answer 8

hypothalamus- release inhibiting hormone- anterior pituitary- does not release hormone

Question 9

hGH is produced and released form

Answer 9

anterior pituitary

Question 10

hGH function (2)

Answer 10

travels to liver stimulating it to release growth factors

increase protein synthesis, cell division, and growth of muscle/bone/cartilage

Question 11

excessive growth =

Answer 11

gigantism

Question 12

small stature with normal proportions=

Answer 12

pituitary dwarfism

Question 13

acromegaly condition

Answer 13

too much hGH leads to wide bones but no height increase

Question 14

thyroid gland is found _____ with one lobe on each side of the _______

Answer 14

below the larynx
trachea

Question 15

thyroid gland produces and releases

Answer 15

thyroxine (T4)

Question 16

function of thyroxine (3)

Answer 16

increase metabolism of fats proteins +carbs

increase cell resp.

development of cells and tissues in children

Question 17

thyroxine targets

Answer 17

all cells but expeciallly the liver, increasing heart rate and muscles used for cell resp

Question 18

thyroxine is controlled by

Answer 18

thyroxine-stimulating hormone (TSH)

Question 19

TSH targets ___ and stimulates the release of _____

Answer 19

the thyroid
thyroxine T4

Question 20

TSH is regulated by

Answer 20

a negative feedback loop

Question 21

hypothyroidism

Answer 21

not enough thyroxine

Question 22

hyperthyroidism

Answer 22

too much thyroxine

Question 23

graves disease

Answer 23

severe hyperthyroidism caused by immune system attacking the thyroid

Question 24

goiter

Answer 24

enlargement of the thyroid due to lack of iodine (no iodine= no thyroxine=m broken negative feedback loop)

Question 25

calcium regulation is controlled by ____ and ______

Answer 25

calcitonin and parathyroid hormone (PTH)

Question 26

calcitonin originates in the

Answer 26

thyroid

Question 27

function of calcitonin (2)

Answer 27

increase Ca uptake by bones, lowering Ca levels in blood

inhibits PTH

Question 28

calcitonin and PTH have ____ effects

Answer 28

opposite

Question 29

PTH =

Answer 29

parathyroid hormone

Question 30

PTH produced an released from

Answer 30

parathyroid glands

Question 31

PTH is released in response to

Answer 31

low blood Ca levels

Question 32

PTH function (3)

Answer 32

release Ca from bones into blood

reabsorb Ca into kidneys and absorb into intestines

controls negative feedback loop