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Contains glands that secrete hormones into body fluids
Endocrine
Contains glands that secrete products to the outside of the body
Exocrine
Gland which has both exocrine and endocrine cells are called
Mixed Glands
Exocrine glands are found in the ...
Sudoriferous, odiferous, and thyroid glands
Endocrine glands are found in the..
Pineal, parathyroid, and pituitary glands
Mixes glands are found in the...
pancreas
Potent organic compounds that regulate metabolic processes of a target cell
Hormones
Part of the brain that controls the release of hormones from the pituitary gland is the
thalamus
Hypothalamus secretes chemicals called
releasing hormones
Blood vessel connection to the thalamus is the
hypothalemic hypophesil portal system
Stored sugar is called
Glycogen
Hormone which increases the amount of sugar in blood
glucagon
Hormone which decreases the amount of sugar in blood
insulin
Hormone which causes the maturation of T-cells
Thymosin
Hormone which stimulates an increase in body size, it targets osteocytes and myocytes
Growth hormone
Hormone which targets the thyroid gland cells; they secrete T3 and T4
Thyroid stymylating hormone
Hormone which targets the lactiferous glands; they produce milk
prolactin
Hormone which targets the cortex cells to secrete cortisol
Adrenocorticotrophic hormone
Hormone which controls development of male secondary characteristics
Testosterone
Hormone which controls the development of female secondary sexual characteristics
Estrogen
HRMONE SECRETED AT NIGHT THAT help individuals fall asleep
Melatonin
Causes cells in ovary to produce ovum
Follicle stimulating hormone
Hormone that target the melanocytes; they produce melanin
Melanocyte stimulating hormone
Causes the kidneys to increase water reabsorbtion into the blood
Anti diuretic hormone
Causes contraction of the muscles of uterus during childbirth
Oxytocin
Hormones produces by the thyroid gland which increase metabolism
T3 and T4
The thyroid gland needs ________ to produce T3 and T4
Iodine
Hormone which lowers blood calcium causes absorption of Ca by bone
Calcitonin
Hormone which causes Ca to be released into the blood
PTH
Hormone which increases heart rate, raises blood pressure, and relaxes muscles of the gut
epinephrin
Hormone which stimulates muscles to contract, heart rate to increase, blood pressure to increase, breathing rate to increase
noroepinephrin
Hormone which causes kidney tubules ti retain Na and lose K
Aldosterone
Hormone which stimulate conversion of proteins and fats into glucose
Cortisol
PTH is an antagonist to
calcitonin
Master gland attached to the hypothalamus by the infundibulum; contains an anterior and posterior lobe, scientific name for hypophysis
pituitary
Gland located in the neck, anterior to the trachea. composed of two lobes joined by the isthmus
Thyroid
Gland which has two components, the cortex and the medulla; it is located on top of the kidneys
Adrenal
Mixes hand composed of head body and tail
Pancreas
Gland that is pea sizes and located by the hypothalamus
Pineal
Lymphnoid gland in anterior mediastinum that functions in an immune response
thymus
Gland located in the pelvic cavity and produces the egg
ovary
Gland located in the pelvic cavity where spermatogenesis takes place
testis
Gland attached to the thyroid gland
Parathyroid
Pituicytes
pituitary
Follicle cells
ovaries
Follicular cells and extra follicular cells
thyroid
Parafollicular cells
parathyroid
islets
thymus
chromaffin cells
adrenal
intersticial cells
testis
The outer part of the adrenal gland is the
cortex
the inner part of adrenal gland is
medulla
The pancreas function as part of ________ systems
the endocrine and digestive
Hormones which target another endocrine gland is called
trophic
A person who is experiencing stress is over secreting
cortisol
Thyroid releasing hormone is produced by the
hypothalamusv
Thyroid stimulating hormone is produced by the
pituitary
Adrenocorticotrophic hormone is produced by the
pituitary
The ovary and the testes are collectively called the
gonads
Hormones secreted by the pituitary gland that afftect the gonads are secreted in response to
GRH
The components of the plasma membrane are
phospholipid bilayer, channel protein, cholesterol
A membrane that allows only certain substances to pass through is
semipermeable
Hormone that binds to a channel protein located on the plasma membrane of a target cell
Lipid insoluble hormone
Hormone produced from the fatty acids which make up the non polar tails of a membrane
Prostaglandin
Hormone that can diffuse through the lipids that make up the plasma membrane of a target cell
Lipid soluble steroid hormone