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12 Cards in this Set
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PANCREAS |
BETA/ALPHA CELLS OF THE ISLET OF LANGERHANS
SECRETE INSULIN AND GLUCAGON |
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OVARIES |
GONADS THAT SECRETE ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE |
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HYPOTHALAMUS |
SECRETES RELEASING HORMONES |
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THYROID GLAND |
SECRETE T3 AND T4 AND CALCITONIN USES IODINE TO SYNTHESIZE ITS HORMONES TARGET OF TSH IS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE WORDS ISTHMUS ,FOLLICULAR CELLS, COLLOID, AND IODINE GLAND THAT ENLARGES AS A GOITER |
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POSTERIOR PITUATARY GLAND |
SECRETE ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE AND OXYTOCIN CALLED NEUROHYPOPHYSIS |
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ANTERIOR PITUATARY GLAND |
THE HYPOTHALAMUS AND THIS GLAND ARE PARTS OF THE HYPOTHALMIC HYPOPHYSEAL PORTAL SYSTEM
CALLED ADENOHYPOPHYSIS
SECRETE TROPIC HORMONES SUCH AS THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE, ACTH ( GROWTH HORMONE) SOMOTOTROPIC HORMONE AND GONADROTROPINS |
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ADRENAL MEDULLA |
SECRETE THE CATECHOLAMINES EPINEPHRINE, NONEPINEPHRINE
SECRETIONS OF THIS GLAND CONTRIBUTE TO THE SYMPATHETIC FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE |
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ADRENAL CORTEX |
SECRETE THE STEROIDS GLOCOCORTIROIDS MINERALSCORTIROIDS, AND ANDROGENS
TARGET GLAND FOR ACTH
SECRETE THE HORMONES THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH SUGAR,SALT, AND SEX |
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PARATHYROID GLANDS |
LOW PLASMA LEVELS OF CALCIUM STIMULATE THESE GLANDS TO SECRETE PARATHYROID HORMONE
GLANDS THAT ARE SOMETIMES EMBEDDED WITHIN THYROID GLAND, REMOVAK CAUSES HYPOCALCEMIC TETANY |
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TESTES |
THE GONADS THAT SECRETE TESTOSTERONE |
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THYMUS GLANDS |
PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN IMMUNITY AND INVOLUTES, OR SHRINKS, AFTER PUBERTY |
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PINEAL GLAND |
A CONE SHAPED GLAND LOCATED IN THE BRAIN; SECRETE IN THE BRAIN; SECRETE MELATONIN CALLED THE BIOLOGICAL CLOCK |
