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Chemical messengers secreted by the endocrine glands
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Hormones
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Lipid Hormones |
Steroid hormoines |
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increased |
upregulated |
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hormones composed of proteins |
amino acid hormones |
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decrease |
downregulated |
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outer layer of the adrenal gland |
adrenal medulla |
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inner portion of the adrenal glad |
adrenal cortex |
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gland that releases melatonin |
pineal |
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pituitary hormones that stimulate other endocrine glands |
tropic hormones |
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gland that secretes calcitonin |
thyroid gland |
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Gland that secretes follicle stimulating hormone |
anterior pituitary gland |
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gland that secretes insulin and glycogen |
The pancreas |
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releases hormone in response to low blood calcium |
parathyroid gland |
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male sex glands |
testes |
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Female sex glands |
ovaries |
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enlarged thyroid gland |
goiter |
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hyposecretion of antidiuretic hormone |
diabetes insipidus |
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disease caused by insufficient amount of insulin |
diabetes |
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a condition also known as an underactive thyroid |
hypothyroidism |
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a condition caused by a hyposecretion of growth hormone |
dwarfism |
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LH and FSH |
testes + ovaries |
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GH |
Liver + Muscle fat and bone |
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TSH |
Thyroid |
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PRO |
mammary glands |
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ACTH |
Adrenal glands |
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Exocrine glands have ducts |
True |
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Epinephrine decrease heart rate |
True |
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The target of oxytocin is the kidney |
False |
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Parathyroid hormone causes calcium to move from the bones to the blood |
True |
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The adrenal glands are found on top of the kidneys |
True |
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Glucagen has the opposite effect of insulin |
True |
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Hypersecretion of antideritic hormone causes diabetes insipidis |
True |
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An underactive thyroid gland leads to myxedema |
True |
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Hypersecretion of PTH causes hypercalcemia |
True |
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substances that stimulate urine production to decrease fluid retention in the body |
diuretic |
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the two types of cells found in the islets of langerhans are the alpha cells and the ___ |
Beta Cells |
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The thymus gland secretes ___ |
Thymosins |
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____ Stimulates the growth of mammary glands and milk production in a nursing mother |
PRO |
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_____ glands secrete hormones |
endocrine |
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During _____ control nerve fibers stimulate the endocrine organs to release hormones |
Neural |
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The functional balance inside the body is called |
Homeostasis |
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The posterior pituitary gland produced ADH and _____ |
oxytocin |
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luteinizing hormone is produced by the ________ Gland |
pituitary (anterior) |
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_______ causes the muscles of the uterus to contract |
Oxytocin |
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______ Causes calcium to be removed from the blood and deposited into the bone |
PTH |
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melatonin is released by the ______ gland |
pineal |
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glucagon is secreted by ______ cells |
alpha |
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Excessive thirst is called _______ ______ |
diabetes insipidis |
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All of the following are ways of endocrine gland regulation except ____ A. Hormonal control B. Humoral control C. Neural control D. Vascular control |
Vascular control |
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The _____ stores, but does not produce, hormones |
Beta cell |
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which of the following is not produced by the adrenal cortex? A. Calcitonin B. mineralocorticoids C. Glucocorticoids D. Sex Hormones |
A. Calcitonin
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The thyroid gland secretes two hormones, thyroid hormone and ____ |
calcitonin |
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In which organ are the islets of langerhans found? |
The pancreas |
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Which of the following is caused by a hypersecretion of growth hormone? A. Acromegaly B. Dwarfism C. Diabetes insipidus D. Goiter |
A. acromegaly |
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_____ is a condition characterized by an overactive thyroid gland |
A. acromegaly |
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The cells of an individual with diabetes mellitus are unable to use ____ for energy |
Glucose |
