A&p: Endocrin System Part Ii

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• Organs of the Endocrine system

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Hypothalamus, Pituitary gland, Pineal gland, Parathyroid gland, Thyroid gland, Thymus, Adrenal gland, Pancreas, Gonads (ovaries, testes)

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• What gland is located at the base of the brain; attached to the hypothalamus by the pituitary stalk?

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Pituitary

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• What are the two major parts of the pituitary?

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Anterior and posterior

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• What glands hangs from the brain and sits in sella turcica?

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Anterior Pituitary Gland

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• Location of Anterior pituitary gland

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hangs from the brain and sits in the sella turcica

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• What gland secretes GH, PRL, ACTH, FSH, LH, TSH?

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Anterior Posterior Pituitary

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• What hormone controls the growth of the body, targets bone, muscle and adipose tissue?

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Growth hormone

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• Function and target of Growth hormone? Secreted by what gland?

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controls growth hormone; targets bone, muscle, and adipose tissue; secreted by the anterior pituitary gland

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• Action: stimulates increase in size and rate of division of body cells; enhances movement of amino acids through membranes; promotes growth of long bones. What hormone?

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Growth hormone

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• Source of control: Secretion inhibited by somatostatin (SS) and stimulated by growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) from the hypothalamus. What hormone?

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Growth hormone

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• What hormone stimulates the secretion of GROWTH HORMONE; what inhibits it?

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GHRH (growth hormone-releasing hormone) stimulates the secretion of GH; somatostatin inhibits secretion

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• Growth hormone-releasing hormone stimulates secretion; somatostatin inhibits secretion. What hormone?

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Growth hormone

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• What hormone stimulates the production of milk by the mammary glands?

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Prolactin

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• What hormone targets the mammary glands?

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Prolactin

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• Function and target tissue of Prolactin?

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stimulates the production of milk by the mammary glands; targets the mammary glands

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• Action: Sustains milk production after birth; amplifies the effect of LH in males. What hormone?

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prolactin

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• Source of control: Secretion inhibited by prolactin releasing-inhibiting hormone (PIH) and may be stimulated by yet to be identified prolactin-releasing factor (PRF) from the hypothalamus. What hormone?

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Prolactin

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• What hormone secretion is mostly control by dopamine from the hypothalamus; which is also call prolactin releasing-inhibiting hormone (PIH)?

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prolactin

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• What hormone controls the secretion of hormones by the thyroid gland?

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TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)

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• What hormone targets the THYROID GLAND?

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TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)

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• Function and target tissue of TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)

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controls the secretion of hormones by the thyroid glands; targets the thyroid glands

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• What hormone is also called thyrotropin, is a glycoprotein?

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Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)

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• Action: Controls secretion of hormones from the thyroid glands. What hormone?

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Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

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• Source of control: Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) from the hypothalamus. What hormone?

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TSH

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• What hormones controls the secretion of hormone by the adrenal cortex?

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ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone)

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• What hormone targets the outer portion of the adrenal gland (cortex)?

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ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone)

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• Function and target tissue of ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone)?

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Controls secretion of hormone by the adrenal cortex; targets the outer portion of the adrenal gland

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• Action: controls the secretion of hormone from the adrenal cortex. What hormone?

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ACTH

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• Source of control: corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) from the hypothalamus. What hormone?

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ACTH

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• What hormones are glycoproteins and are call gonadotropins?

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FSH (Follicle-stimulating hormone), LH (Luteinizing home)

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• In females what hormones stimulates maturation of an ovarian follicle and ovum?

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FSH (Follicle-stimulating hormone)

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• In males what hormones stimulates the maturation of sperm in the testes?

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FSH (Follicle-stimulating hormone)

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• Function and target tissue of FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone)

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Females: stimulates maturation of an ovarian follicle and ovum; males: stimulates the maturation of sperm in the testes

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• A gonadotropin, which targets primary sex organs (ovary & testis). What hormone?

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FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone)

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• Action: Development of egg-containing follicles in ovaries; stimulates follicular cells to secrete estrogen; in males stimulated production of sperm cells. What hormone?

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FSH

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• Source of control: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus? What hormone(s)

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FSH, LH

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• In females what hormone causes ovulation?

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LH (luteinizing hormone)

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• In males what hormone causes secretion of testosterone?

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LH (luteinizing hormone)

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• A gonadotropin, which targets ovaries and testes. What hormone?

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LH (luteinizing hormone)

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• Action: Promotes secretion of sex hormone; release egg cell in females. What hormone?

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LH (luteinizing hormone)

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• What gland is located behind the anterior pituitary gland?

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Posterior pituitary gland

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• What gland is continuous with nerve fibers of the hypothalamus?

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Posterior Pituitary gland

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• What gland does NOT actually produce hormone (they are produced by the hypothalamus) but stores them until it is stimulated to release them?

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Posterior pituitary gland

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• What gland secretes ADH (antidiuretic hormone) and OT (oxytocin)?

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Posterior Pituitary gland

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• Location of Posterior pituitary gland

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behind the anterior pituitary gland

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• What hormone targets distal convoluted tubules (of kidneys)?

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ADH (antidiuretic hormone)

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• What hormone causes distal convoluted tubules to reabsorb water back into the bloodstream, and therefor controls water balance and (increase) blood pressure?

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ADH

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• What hormone is also called vasopressin?

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ADH

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• Function and target tissue of ADH

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targets distal convoluted tubules (of kidney); causes distal convoluted tubules to reabsorb water back into the bloodstream, and therefore controls water balance and (increase) blood pressure

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• Action: Causes kidneys to reduce water excretion; in high concentration, raises blood pressure. What hormone?

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ADH

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• Source of control: Hypothalamus in response to changes in body fluid concentration and blood volume. What hormone?

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ADH

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• What hormone targets uterine smooth muscle and breast?

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OT (oxytocin)

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• What hormone causes uterine muscle contraction and milk release from suckled nipples. What hormone?

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OT

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• Function and target tissue of OT (oxytocin)

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Targets uterine muscle and breasts; causes uterine muscle contraction and milk release from suckled nipples

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• Action: Contracts muscles in uterine wall and those associated with milk-secreting glands. What hormone?

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OT

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• Source of control: Hypothalamus in response to stretching uterine and vaginal walls and stimulation of breasts. What hormone?

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OT

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• What gland is located below the larynx and around the trachea?

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THYROID GLAND

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• What gland is composed of follicles involved in iodine uptake in order to produce its hormone(s)?

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THYROID GLAND

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• Structure of THYROID GLAND

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located below larynx and around trachea; composed of follicles involved in iodine uptake (in order to produce T3 and T4

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• What gland secretes T4, T3, and calcitonin?

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THYROID GLAND

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• T3 and T4: which hormone is more potent?

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T3