Week 7 - Homework 3- Endocrine

Question 1

Glands without ducts that secrete chemicals into the blood, such as the thyroid gland and adrenal glands

Answer 1

endocrine glands

Question 2

Locations on cells where hormones can bind

Answer 2

receptors

Question 3

Small gland that rests in a depression of the sphenoid bone: controls the function of many other glands

Answer 3

pituitary
(hypophysis)

Question 4

Part of the brain through which emotions or stress can influence the endocrine system

Answer 4

Hypothalamus

Question 5

Source of hormones released from axon nerve endings in the posterior pituitary

Answer 5

nerve cells in the hypothalamus

Question 6

Glands that secrete their products into ducts, such as sweat glands and salivary glands.

Answer 6

exocrine glands

Question 7

Cells that have receptors for, and respond to, a specific hormone

Answer 7

target tissues

Question 8

Stalk that connects the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus

Answer 8

infundibulum

Question 9

Part of the pituitary controlled by releasing hormones produced by the hypothalamus

Answer 9

anterior pituitary

Question 10

Capillary beds and veins that transport releasing hormones to the anterior pituitary

Answer 10

hypothalamic-pituitary PORTAL SYSTEM

Question 11

Chemicals that are secreted by endocrine glands into the blood and act on target tissues at another site in the body

Answer 11

Hormones

Question 12

Part of the pituitary controlled by the nerve cells that originate in the hypothalamus

Answer 12

posterior pituitary

Question 13

Chemicals produced by the hypothalamus that control secretion of hormones from the anterior pituitary

Answer 13

releasing hormones

Question 14

Increases water retention by the kidneys and constriction of blood vessels; also called vasopressin

Answer 14

ADH
(antidiuretic hormone)

Question 15

Causes contraction of muscles of the uterus and milk ‘let-down.’

Answer 15

Oxytocin