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Receptor

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Structure specialized to detect a stimulus

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Receptor Potential

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Local Potential in a receptor cell from a stimulus

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3
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Receptors Properties Transmit 4 Types

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Modality (vision , taste, pain)… Location… Intensity.. duration

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Chemoreceptors

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Respond to chemicals

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Thermoreceptors

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Heat and cold

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Mechano receptors

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respond to physical deformation

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Photoreceptors

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respond to light

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interoceptors

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detect stimuli in internal organs

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Proprioceptors

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Sense position and movement of body or its parts (muscles, tendons, and joints)

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Exteroceptors

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sense external stimuli (vision, touch)

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11
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General Senses

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receptors are widely distributed

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12
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Special Senses

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Receptors are limited to the head

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13
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Unecapsulated Nerve Endings

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Dendrites aren’t wrapped in connective tissue

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14
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Olfactory Mucosa

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Patch of epithelium in roof of the nasal cavity with olfactory cells

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Auricle (pinna)

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Funnel to catch sound waves

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Auditory Canal

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Tunnel to eardrum

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17
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Typanic membrane

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Eardrum vibrates in response to sound

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18
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Auditory (Eustachian) tube

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Equalizes pressure

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19
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Type A nociceptors

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Fast pain, sharp, localized pain at time of injury

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Type C nociceptros

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slow pain, dull, diffuse, longer lasting

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21
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Endogenous Opioids

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Endorphins, enkaphalins, and dynorphins

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22
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Hydrophilic molecules

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diffuse through mucus

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23
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Hydrophobic molecules

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must be transported by a protein

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24
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Static Equilibrium

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Perception of the orientation of the head when body is

stationary

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25
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Dynamic equilibrium

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Perception of motion or acceleration

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26
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Vestibule

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Contains organs of equilibrium

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27
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Endocrine gland

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Secrete Hormones

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Endocrine cells

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cells in organs that secrete hormones

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Neuroendocrine cells

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Neurons that release their secretions into the blood

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Target cells

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cells that have receptors for a hormone

31
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Hypothalamus regulates

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regulates the release of hormones from the pituitary gland

32
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Hypothalmus Produces

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9 hormones; 7 anterior and 2 posterior

33
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Serotonin

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(day) mood

34
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Melatonin

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(night) mood

35
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Thymosin

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regulates development and activation of T lymphocytes

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Thymopoietin

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Regulates development and activation of T lymphocytes

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Triiodothyronine (T3)

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follicles increases metabolic rate

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Thyroxine (T4)

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follicles increases metabolic rate

39
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calcitonin

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parafoillicular cells lowers blood calcium levels and stimulates bone deposition

40
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Parathyroid hormone (PTH)

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increases blood calcium levels

41
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Epinephrine and norepinephrine

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supplement effects of sympathetic nervous system

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Mineralcoritcoids

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control electrolyte balance

43
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Aldosterone

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Promotes Na+ retention and K+ excretion

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Cortisol

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stimulates fat and protein catabolism

45
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sex sterioids

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weak androgens and estrogens

46
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Dehydroeppiandrosterone (DHEA)

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Other tissues convert it to testosterone

47
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insulin (beta cells)

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stimulates uptake of glucose and amino acids by cells and synthesis of glycogen, proteins,…

48
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Glucagon (alpha cells)

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in the liver it stimulates gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis and release of glucose into the…

49
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Estradiol

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reproductive development

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Progesterone

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regulates menstrual cycle and pregancy

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Inhibin

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inhibits secretion of FSH

52
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Steroid Hormone

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hydrophobic, derived from cholestoral

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Peptides Oligopeptides

54
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Peptides Polypeptides

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14-199 a.a.

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Hydrophobic hormone

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must bind to hydrophilic transport proteins to travel into the blood

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Thyroid Hormones

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dissociate from transport protein, diffuse into cell, t4 is converted to t3

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Ribosomes

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Increase rate or protein synthesis

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Synergistic effects

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2 hormones work together to produce an efffect

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Permissive effects

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one hormone enhances a target cells response to another

60
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Antagonistic effects

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one hormone opposes the action of another

61
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Acromegaly

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hypersecretion of GH causes thickening of bones and soft tissues

62
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Pituitary Dwarfisme

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hyposecretion of GH

63
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Diabetes insipidus

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hyposecretion of ADH

64
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Hypothyroidism

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low metabolic rate, sluggishness, weight gain

65
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Endemic goiter

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swelling of thyroid from iodine deficency

66
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Toxic goiter (graves disease)

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antibodies mimic TSH causing hypersecretion of thyroid hormones

67
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Hypoparathyroidism

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rapid decline in blood calcium leading to tetany

68
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Hyperparathyroidism

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bones become soft and fragile

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