RCCC A&P 169
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| 613200376 | Pituitary Glands | Master Gland found in the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone to lobes the adenohyypophysis and neurohypophysis | |
| 613200377 | TSH Thyroid stimulating hormone | stimulates thyroid gland to secrete hormones. Pituitary Gland | |
| 613200378 | ACTH Adrenocorticotropic stimulating hormone- | stimulates the adrenal cortex to secrete hormones. Pituitary Gland | |
| 613200379 | FSH Follicle stimulating hormone | stimulates gonads to secrete sex cells. Pituitary Gland | |
| 613200380 | LH Luteinzing hormone- | stimulates gonads to secrete sex hormones. Pituitary Gland | |
| 613200381 | GH Growth Hormone- | promotes general growth through protein synthesis. Pituitary Gland | |
| 613200382 | PRL Prolactin- | causes milk production. Pituitary Gland | |
| 613200383 | MSH | Melanocyte- stimulating hormone. Pituitary Gland | |
| 613200384 | OT Oxytocin- | create milk ejection and uterine contraction. Pituitary Gland | |
| 613200385 | ADH Antidiuretic hormone- | Causes water reabsorption from kidneys. Pituitary Gland | |
| 613200386 | Thyroid | located in the anterior portion of the neck below the larynx. Has follicles and parafollicular cells. | |
| 613200387 | T4 thyroxin- | increases energy and promotes cell growth Thyroid Gland | |
| 613200388 | T3 triodothyrinine- | increases energy and promotes cell growth. Thyroid gland | |
| 613200389 | Calcitonin | decreases blood calcium | |
| 613200390 | Parathyroid | located behind the thyroid gland small round dots on back of thyroid gland. | |
| 613200391 | Parathyroid hormone | increses blood calcium | |
| 613200392 | Adrenal | two bean shaped glands located on the superior border of the kidney; has a cortex and medula | |
| 613200393 | Mineralcorticoids | regulates electrolyte composition of body fluids. Adrenal Gland | |
| 613200394 | Glucocorticoids | hormones that regulate cell metabolism. Adrenal Gland | |
| 613200395 | Gonadocorticoids | hormones that are mainly androgens. Adrenal Gland | |
| 613200396 | Epinephrine/norepinephrine | hormones for flight or fight. Adrenal glands | |
| 613200397 | Pancreas | located inferior to the stomach along the posterior wall of the abdomen. | |
| 613200398 | Insulin | decreases blood sugar. Pancreas | |
| 613200399 | Glucagon | increases blood sugar. Pancreas | |
| 613200400 | Pineal Gland | located in the roof of the third ventricle of the brain. | |
| 613200401 | Melatonin | plays a role in biological rhythm. Pineal gland | |
| 613200402 | Gonads | located along internal or external areas of the pelvic cavity. | |
| 613200403 | Androgens | male hormones for development of secondary sexual characteristics, protien synthesis, and sperm production. Gonad Glands | |
| 613200404 | Estrogen/progesterone | female hormones for implantation of egg and production of milk. Gonad Gland | |
| 613200405 | Thymus | located in the lower neck into the superior mediastium | |
| 613200406 | Thymic Hormones | promotes development of T-lymphocytes | |
| 613200407 | Endocrine System | a control system that together with the nervous system coordinates and intergrates the activity of the body cells | |
| 613200408 | Hormone | chemical messengers that are released into the blood | |
| 613200409 | target organ | the specific organ that responds to a particular hormone | |
| 613200410 | Tropic hormones | stimulates another endocrine gland to secrete its hormones | |
| 613200411 | acromegaly | gigantism due to hypersecretion of GH | |
| 613200412 | diabetes insipidus | excessive urine output due to hypersecretion of ADH | |
| 613200413 | myxedema | mental and physical sluggishness and weight gain due to hyposecretion of thyroxin | |
| 613200414 | tetany | prolonged muscle spasms due to hyposecretion of PTH | |
| 613200415 | hirsutism | hypersecretion of gonadocorticoids resulting in abnormal hairiness and masculinazation | |
| 613200416 | diabetes melittus | the inability of the body cells to use glucose and subsequent loss of glucose in the urine | |
| 613200417 | hypoglycemia | low blood sugar | |
| 613200418 | Endocrine Glands (4) | Anterior pituitary, thyroid, adrenals, parathyroids | |
| 613200419 | Endocrine glands | release their products through the blood | |
| 613200420 | Exocrine | release their products via ducts | |
| 613200421 | 2 glands that are both endocrine and exocroine | pancreas, gonads | |
| 613200422 | Hormones | are steroids or amino-acid based molecules that stimulate changes in the metabolic activities of the cells | |
| 613200423 | Tropic Hormones (4) | FSH, LH, ACTH, TSH | |
| 613200424 | HYposecretion of GH | results in dwarfism. | |
| 613200425 | Hypersecretion of GH | Gigantism, endocrine disorder causes abnormal amounts of GH to be secreted before the growth plates have fused. | |
| 613200426 | Acromegaly | is the hypersecretion of GH is a syndrome that results when the pituitary gland produces excessive amounts of GH after epiphyseal plate closure at puberty |
