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43 Cards in this Set
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Kidney |
Paired of reddish brown organs that filter plasma and plasma constituents from the blood |
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Loop of Henle |
Composed of ascending and descending limbs |
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Ureter |
starts in the renal pelvis and end in the Bladder |
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the Floor of the Pelvis |
Position of the urinary when emptying is in |
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Abdominal Cavity |
position of the urinary bladder when the bladder is full |
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Avian Urinary System |
No renal pelvis and renal calyces |
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Hormones |
Control of regulate a multitude of biologic process in virtually all tissues |
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Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone |
stimulates Follicle-stimulating hormones and Luteinizing Hormones |
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Thyroid Stimulating Hormones |
stimulates the release of thyroid Hormones (Follicular cells of thyroid glands) |
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Mineralocorticoid/ Aldosterone |
Conserve Na, eliminates K (Kidney) |
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Epinephrine/ Norepinephrine |
Sympathetic response to stress |
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Triiodothyronine (T3); Thryoxine (T4) |
Oxygen Consumption and ATP production in almost all cells |
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Triiodothyronine and Thyroxine |
Thryoid Follicular Cells |
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Calcilorin |
Thyroid Parafollicular Cells |
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Calcitonin |
Promotes Calcuim Retension in bones |
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Parathyroid Hormone |
Promotes increase in plasma clacium, reduction in plasma phosphate (bone, Kidney) |
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Negative Feedback |
involves reponses that is reverse of the change detected |
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Positive feedback |
Involves a response that reinforces the change it detected |
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Pituitary Hormone Effect |
LH and FSH stimulates spermatogenesis and testosterone secretion by the testis |
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Testes Hormone effect |
Testosterone and inhibin inhibit the secretion of GnRH by the hypothalamus and LH and FSH by the pituitary |
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Steroid Hormones |
Derivatives from Cholesterol |
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Modified Amino Acid Hormones |
chemical modification of Amino acids , mainly tyrosine |
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Pineal Gland |
Releases melatonin for sleep and wake cycle |
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Hypothalamus |
Link the nervous system to the endocrine systems via the pituitary gland |
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Pituitary Gland |
the Master Gland |
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Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone |
stimulates Adrenocorticotropic Hormone |
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Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone |
stimulates Growth Hormones |
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Growth Hormones-inhibiting hormones |
somatostatin, inhibits Growth hormone release |
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Thyrotropin-releasing Hormone |
stimulates thyroid stimulating hormones |
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Prolactin-Releasing hormone |
dopamine, inhibits prolactin release |
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Prolactin-Releasing hormone / Dopamine |
inhibits prolactin release |
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Oxytocin |
Stimulates Uterine Contraction (Uterus); and, Milk let down (Mammary Glands) |
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Neurohypophysis and Adrenohypophyis |
2 kinds of hormones released by Pituitary glands |
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Antidiuretic Hormone/ Vasopressin |
conserves water, reduces urinary volume (kidney), and, Constrict vessels to raise blood pressure (Arterioles) |
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Adrenocorticotropic Hormone |
stimulates cortical movement, glucocorticoid Release (Adrenal Cortex) |
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Follicle-Stimulating Hormones |
stimulates follicular development (Ovary) and sperm development (testes) |
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Luteinizing Hormone/ lutropin |
stimulates ovulation, development of corpus luteum (ovary) and secretion of thr androgens (testes) |
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Growth Hormone/ Somatotropin |
promotes growth in immature animals |
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Prolactin |
promotes Lactation (Mammary Glands) and Maternal behavior (Central nevous system) |
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glucocorticoid |
Normal response to stress; protein and carboehydates metabolism (Liver) |
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Polyuria |
excessive urination |
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Ox/Bovine |
Animal with lobulated kidney; no renal pelvis |
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Medulla |
Inner portion of the Kidney |
