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What hormones are stored in the hypothalamus? |
ADH and Oxytocin |
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Where is ADH target tissues? What are its effects? |
Kidney tubules Water reabsorbtion from urine |
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What does oxytocin target and what are its effects? |
Uterine muscles and mammary glands Stimulates contractions and the release of milk |
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What are ADH and Oxytocin secreted by? Ant pit or post pit? |
Post pit |
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What 3 hormones are secreted by anterior pituitary? |
Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) ACTH hGH |
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What is TSH target area? And effects? |
Thyroid gland, stimulates to release thyroxine |
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What is ACTH target tissues and effects? |
Adrenal cortex to release cortisol, aldosterone and androgens in response to stress |
Releases 3 things |
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What is hGH target tissues and function? |
Bones and muscle causes mitosis to stimulate growth |
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What 2 hormones come from thyroid? |
Thyroxine and calcitonin |
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What 2 hormones come from thyroid? |
Thyroxine and calcitonin |
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What is thyroxine’s target tissues and function? |
All body cells, increases rate of metabolic activity, producing ATP and heat |
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What is calcitonin’s target tissues and function? |
Bones teeth and gut, decreases blood calcium levels by depositing can in bones teeth/lowering absorption in gut |
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What 2 hormones are secreted by the pancrease? what are their nicknames? |
Insulin (alpha) and glucagon (beta) |
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What does alpha insulin target? And it’s effects |
All cells, liver and muscles Decreases blood glucose levels by increasing cell permeability to glucose and conversion of blood glucose into liver and muscle glycogen |
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What does alpha insulin target? And it’s effects |
All cells, liver and muscles Decreases blood glucose levels by increasing cell permeability to glucose and conversion of blood glucose into liver and muscle glycogen |
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What do beta cells glucagon do? What are its target tissues? |
All cells, liver and muscles Increasing blood glucose by decreasing cell permeability to glucose and conversion of stored glycogen into glucose |
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What does alpha insulin target? And it’s effects |
All cells, liver and muscles Decreases blood glucose levels by increasing cell permeability to glucose and conversion of blood glucose into liver and muscle glycogen |
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What do beta cells glucagon do? What are its target tissues? |
All cells, liver and muscles Increasing blood glucose by decreasing cell permeability to glucose and conversion of stored glycogen into glucose |
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What three hormones are secreted by adrenal cortex |
Cortisol aldosterone and testosterone |
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What does alpha insulin target? And it’s effects |
All cells, liver and muscles Decreases blood glucose levels by increasing cell permeability to glucose and conversion of blood glucose into liver and muscle glycogen |
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What do beta cells glucagon do? What are its target tissues? |
All cells, liver and muscles Increasing blood glucose by decreasing cell permeability to glucose and conversion of stored glycogen into glucose |
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What three hormones are secreted by adrenal cortex |
Cortisol aldosterone and testosterone |
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What is cortisol’s target tissues and function |
All tissues Converts protein into glucose |
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What does alpha insulin target? And it’s effects |
All cells, liver and muscles Decreases blood glucose levels by increasing cell permeability to glucose and conversion of blood glucose into liver and muscle glycogen |
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What do beta cells glucagon do? What are its target tissues? |
All cells, liver and muscles Increasing blood glucose by decreasing cell permeability to glucose and conversion of stored glycogen into glucose |
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What three hormones are secreted by adrenal cortex |
Cortisol aldosterone and testosterone |
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What is cortisol’s target tissues and function |
All tissues Converts protein into glucose |
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What is aldosterone’s target tissues and effects |
Kidney tubules Increases blood volume by increasing reabsorption of Na+ and water from urine |
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What does alpha insulin target? And it’s effects |
All cells, liver and muscles Decreases blood glucose levels by increasing cell permeability to glucose and conversion of blood glucose into liver and muscle glycogen |
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What do beta cells glucagon do? What are its target tissues? |
All cells, liver and muscles Increasing blood glucose by decreasing cell permeability to glucose and conversion of stored glycogen into glucose |
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What three hormones are secreted by adrenal cortex |
Cortisol aldosterone and testosterone |
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What is cortisol’s target tissues and function |
All tissues Converts protein into glucose |
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What is aldosterone’s target tissues and effects |
Kidney tubules Increases blood volume by increasing reabsorption of Na+ and water from urine |
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What is testosterone’s target tissues and effects |
Many tissues
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What is testosterone’s effects |
Increase muscle bone and hair growth |
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What is testosterone’s effects |
Increase muscle bone and hair growth |
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What is secreted from adrenal medualla |
Norepinephrine |
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What is norepinephrines target tissues and effects |
Blood vessels, heart, lungs, air passages, iris, liver Shunts blood to core and large muscles, increases breathing/heart rate, dilates pupil, hydrolyzes liver glycogen |
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What is secreted from parathyroid glands |
PTH parathyroid hormone |
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What is PTH target tissues and effects |
Bones and gut Increases blood calcium |
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