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The Endocrine System Flashcards

Overview, Comparison of the endocrine system and excorine gladns, comparision of the endocrine system and nervous system, The hypothalamus & Pituitary Gland, Hypothalamis Hormones, Anterior Pituitary hormones, Posterior Pituitary Hormones, Control of pituitary secretion, Feedback from target organs, Growth hormone, Thymus, The pineal Gland, Thyroid Gland, Parathyroid Glands, The Adrenal Glands, Adrenal Medulla, Adrenal Cortex, Pancreatic Islets, The Gonads, The endocrine functions of other tissues and organs, Hormones & Source, Hormones & target organ and princial effects, Hormone Chemistry, Hormone transport, Hormone receptors and mode of action, enzyme amplification, modulation of target cell sensitivity, hrmone interaction, hormone release, Alarm reaction, the stage of resistance, stage of exhaustion

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931720821Amines are hormones that are derived from a class of compunds calledAmino Acids
931720822Glucagon, Insulin, Somatostatin, Pancreatic polypeptide, & Gastin hormones source is?Pancreatic Islets
931720823Estradoil, Progesterone, & Inhibin hormones source is?Ovaries
931720824Testosterone & Inhibin hormones source is?Testes
931720825Cholecalciferol hormones source is?Skin
931720826Calcidiol, Angiotensinogen, Erythropoietin, Hepcidin & Insulin-like growth factor I source is the?Liver
931720827Angiotensin I, Calcitriol, Erthropoietin source is the?Kidneys
931720828Atrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriurectic peptide source is the?Heart
931720829Estrogen & Progesterone hormones source is the?Placenta
931720830Adrenocorticotropic hormone (corticotropin)--ACTHAnterior Pituitary
931720831Antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin)-- ADHPosterior Pituitary
931720832Dehydroepiandrosterone--DHEAAdrenal Cortex
931720833Erythropoietin--EPOKidney, Liver
931720834Follice-stimulating hormone--FSHAnterior Pituitary
931720835Growth hormone (somatotropin)--GHAnterior Pituitary
931720836Luteinizing hormone--LHAnterior Pituitary
931720837Norepinephrine--NEAdrenal medulla
931720838Oxytocin--OTPosterior Pituitary
931720839Prolactin-inhitbiting hormone (dopamine)--PIHHypothalamus
931720840Prolactin--PRLAnterior Pituitary
931720841Parathyroid hormone (parathormone)--PTHParathyroids
931720842Thriiodothronine-- T3Thyroid
931720843Thyroxine (tetraiodothronine)--T4Thyroid
931720844Thyroid hormone (T3 & T4)--THThyroid
931720845Thyrotropin-releasing hormone--TRHHypothalamus
931720846Thyroid-stimulating hormone (thyrotropin)--TSHAnterior Pituitary
931720847NeurotransmittersBind to receptors on the surface of the next cell.
931720848Hormoneschemical messangers; transported by the bloodstream, stimulate responses in cells of another tissues/organ; distance hormones
931720849Difference of Endocrine & Exocrine glandsThe presences or absence of ducts
931720850EndocrinologyThe study of the endocrine system, diagnosis and treatment of its disorders.
931720851Glands, Tissues & Cells that secret hormonesThe endocrine system
931720852Communication in the endocrine systemIs solely Chemical
931720853Target organs or Target cell meansOnly those organs or cells that have receptors for a certain hormone can respond to it.
931720854Apperance of HypothalamusFlattened funnel, Forms floor & walls of the 3rd ventricle of the brain
931720855Function of HypothalamusRegulates primary functions of the body; For example water balance, thermoregulation, sex drive & childbirth
931720856The anterior lobe of the pituitary does not secrete??Oxytocin
931720857Gigantism is condition associated with Hypersecretion of which Hormone?Growth Hormone
931720858Type 1 diabetes mellitus is associated with?Inability of the body to produce insulin. Related to Beta cells
931720859What is NOT a function of the antidiuretic hormone (ADH)??Increase blood glucose level
931720860Hormones are carried to their target tissue byBlood
9317208613 hormones that are secreted by the adrenal glandcortisol, ADH, and norepinephrine
931720862Hormone that is/are not involved in regulating water and salt balance at the kidneys?Antidiuretichormone (ADH)
931720863Estrogen, Progesteron, Testosterone and Glucocorticoids are all examples of:Steroids
931720864Oxytocin secretion causesMilk ejection in lactating females. uterine contractions.
931720865When parathyroid hormone increasesosteoblacst activity decreases
931720866Thyroid gland producesthyroxine, thyroid hormone
931720867Glucagonanterior pituitary
931720868Autocrine Chemical signalsOwn-self; effects the cell that produced it.
931720869Immediately after a meal,which hormone levels increase?Insulin
931720870Glucagon increasebreakdown of glycogen to glucose

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