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