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17 Cards in this Set
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EnDoCrine Glands |
Secrete chemicals called Hormones |
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Target ORGANS/TISSUES |
When Hormones Exerts Very Specific Effects on Certain ORGANS |
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How Many GROUPS of HORMONES |
3 AMINES, PROTEINS , STEROIDS |
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AMINES |
Simple hormones, Structural Variations of AMINO ACID/TYROSINE |
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PROTEINS |
ChaiNs OF 50-200 AMINO ACIDS (InSulin from Pancreas, GH from APG, Calcitonin fron Thyroid) |
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PEPTIDES |
Short Chains of AMINO ACIDS |
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HYPOPHYSIS or PITUITARY GLAND |
Regulates Many Body Functions |
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2 MAJOR PARTS of Pituitary Gland |
Posterior/NEUROHYPOPHYSIS Anterior/ ADENOHYPOPHYSIS |
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2 HORMONES OF POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND |
ADH(AntiDiuretic Hormone) & OXYTOCIN |
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VASOPRESSIN |
AkA /ADH(ANtiDiuretic Hormone) |
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OXYTOCIN |
Stimulates Contractions & Releases Milk from Mammary(breast) Glands |
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ADH/VASOPRESSIN |
INCREASES THE REABSORPTION of H2O, DECREASES URINE FORMED |
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HYPOPHYSEAL PORTAL |
When Releasing Hormones r Secreted N2 Capillaries in the Hypothalamus and pass thru |
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GH/GROWTH HORMONES AKA |
SOMATOTROPIN |
Promotes GRowth Indirectly |
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IGF |
Chemicals Produced by GH |
Insulin-like Growth Factors, intermediary molecules |
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GHRH |
Growth Hormone-Releasing hormone InCReases Secretion of GH |
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GHIH |
Growth hormone-Inhibiting hormone
Decreases Secretion of GH |
Aka SOMATOSTATIN |
