Question | Answer |
gland | ADEN/O |
adrenal gland | ADREN/O ADRENAL/O |
sex glands ovaries testes | GONAD/O |
pancreas | PANCREAT/O |
parathyroid gland | PARATHYROID/O |
pituitary gland (hypophysis) | PITUITAR/O |
thyroid gland | THYR/O THYROID/O |
male | ANDR/O |
calcium | CALC/O CALCI/O |
cortex, outer | CORTIC/O |
secrete | CRIN/O |
third, thirsty | DIPS/O |
female | ESTR/O |
sugar | GLUC/O GLYC/O |
sameness | HOME/O |
hormone | HORMON/O |
milk | LACT/O |
potassium | KAL/I |
mucus | MYX/O |
socium | NATR/O |
growing | PHYS/O |
body | SOMAT/O |
solid structure | STER/O |
childbirth | TOC/O |
position, poison | TOXIC/O |
urine | UR/O |
assemble, gather together | -AGON |
blood condition | -EMIA |
a substance | -IN -INE |
stimulating the function of (to turn or act on) | -TROPIN |
urine condition | -URIA |
good, normal | EU- |
excessive; above | HYPER- |
deficient; below under; less than normal | HYPO- |
rapid, sharp, acid | OXY- |
all | PAN- |
four | TETRA- |
three | TRI- |
Endocrine glands are _______________ | DUCTLESS |
________ ___________ is found on every part of the body that requies hormones to function. | TARGET TISSUE |
Each hormone has its own _______ | RECEPTOR |
Hormones bind to ____________ | RECEPTORS |
Endocrine glands secrete their hormones dirctly into the ____________ | BLOODSTREAM |
What sends chemical substances (tears, sweat, milk, saliva) via ducts to the ____________ of the body. | EXOCRINE GLANDS
OUTSIDE |
The _____________ ____________ is an information signaling system that uses blood VESSELS as informaiton channels. | ENDOCRINE SYSTEM |
Recognition sites in the various target tissues on which the hormones act. | RECEPTORS |
Gland located in the NECK
1 Gland | THYROID GLAND |
Located within the thyroid gland | PARATHYROID GLANDS
there are 4 |
Located on top of each kidney | ADRENAL GLANDS
ONE pair= 2 glands |
Secrete insulin
"islets of Langerhans | PANCREAS
1 gland |
In brain, "Master Gland" has MOST hormones | pituitary gland
1 gland |
Located in brain | PINEAL GLAND
1 gland |
Located in between lungs | THYMUS GLAND
1 gland |
Has 2 LOBES | PITUITARY GLAND |
Cluster of specialized tissue | LOBES |
Much smaller than pituitary gland | PINEAL |
"Butterfly shape" | THYROID GLAND |
Thymus contains __________ | T CELLS |
What gland secretes melatonin? And is responsible for sleep, menstrual regulation and weight? | PINEAL |
Placenta produces __________ | HCG |
Thymosin is secreted by ____________. Thymosin helps with TCells. | THYMUS |
The thyroid gland is composed of a right and left _____ on either ide of the ___________. | LOBE
TRACHEA |
Trachea is located just below a large piece of cartilage called the _________ __________ | THYROID CARTILAGE |
What is the narrow strip of glandular tissue that holds two lobes on the ventral (anterier) surface of the trachea? | ISTHMUS |
Vitamin D and exocrine | SKIN |
Holds the two lobes of the thyroid gland together | ISTHMUS |
Has 2 lobes an lies over the trachea | THYROID GLAND |
What nutrient is necesary for the thyroid to operate | IODINE |
Increases metabolism
Secreted by the Thyrod Gland | T-3 or TRIIODOTHYROINE
T-4 or THYROXINE |
Decreases calcium blood levels
Secreted by the Thyroid Gland | T-7 or CALCITONIN |
Secreted by the PARATHYROID GLAND (4) this hormone mobilizes calcium from bone into the bloodstream. INCREASES blood calcium! | PTH PARATHYROID HORMONE |
Regulates phosphorous
Secretes PTH
Increases blood calcium | PARATHYROID GLANDS (4) |
Secretes (natural steroid) epinephrine (hormone)in time of need in response to an antigen, when we are scared or angry, or having an allergic reaction, also causes increased heart rate. | ADRNAL CORTEX |
OUTER portion of the adrenal cortex (2) secretes _______________ or steroids, chemical derived from cholesterol | CORTICOSTEROIDS |
What is the Outer portion of the Adrenal glands called? | ADRENAL CORTEX |
What is the INNER portion of the Adrenal glands called? | ADRENAL MEDULLA |
The "adrenal medulla" secretes ______________, chemicals derived from amino acids. | CATECHOLAMINES |
Outer, or covers | CORTEX |
Releases Norepinephrine, to "calm" | ADRENAL MEDULLA (middle) |
Influence metabolism of sugars, fats and proteins and are anti-inflammatory. | GLUCOCORTICOIDS |
Secreted by the adrenal cortex; increases blood sugar. It is secreted in times of stress and has an anti-inflammatory effect. | CORTISOL |
What are the SEX HORMONES? | ANDROGENS
Testosterone and Estrogen |
What is an endocrine and an exocrine? | PANCREAS |
The ___________ is located near and partly behind the stomach in the region of the 1st and 2nd lumbar vertebrae | PANCREAS |
The endocrine tissue of the 'pancreas' consists of specialized hormone-producing cells called the ______ | ISLETS OF LANGERHANS |
Alpha cells and Beta cells make up __________ | ISLETS OF LANGERHANS |
Increases glucose (blood sugar) by conversion of glycogen to glucose. | GLUCAGON (USABLE SUGAR) |
Located in depression of scull (sella turcica) | PITUITARY GLAND |
Pituitary gland is also called the _____________ | HYPOPHYSIS |
The "pituitary gland" has 2 distinct parts: _________________ and ___________________. | ANTERIOR LOBE
(adenohypophysis)
POSTERIOR LOBE (neurohypophysis) |
The _____________ controls secretions of the pituitary hormones. It sends these via capllaries to the anterior pituitary gland (adenohypophysis) | HYPOTHALAMUS |
The "anterior Lobe" (adenohypophysis) secretes ________ than the "posterior lobe" (neurhypopysis). | MORE!!! |
Stimulates adrenal cortex | ACTH |
Stimulates ovaries and testes (follicles) | FSH
(follicle stimulating hormone) |
PROMOTES ovulation and stimulates testes. | LH |
Stimulates growth (bones and muscles) | GH |
Thyroid stimulating hormone, thyroid glands. | TSH |
Stimulates milk production in mammory glands. | PRL |
What does the "thyroid gland" secrete? | THYROXINE!!! |
The female gamete is the _______ | OVUM |
Antidiuretic hormone INCREASES water ___________ | REABSORPTION |
What stimulates labor? | OXYTOCIN |
REGULATES menstral cycles | PINEAL GLAND |
Posterior lobe | (2) |
The ______ ae 2 small ovoid glands | TESTES |
The testes are suspended from the inguinal region of the male by the ______ cord. AND surrounded by the ___________ sac. | SPERMATIC
SCROTAL |
What is estradiol? | ESTROGEN |
____________ maintains pregnancy | PROGESTERONE |
What is responsible for the female sexual characteristics | ESTRADIOL or ESTROGEN |
The outer section of each adrenal gland is the ___ | ADRENAL CORTEX |
Secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland; stimulates ovulation in females and testosterone secretion in males | LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH) |
Potassium (kal/i) is a ___________
Sodium (natr/o) is also a ______ | ELECTROLYTE |
assemble, gather together | -AGON |
a substance | IN, -INE |
stimulating the function of | -TROPIN |
Sympathetic, elevates heart rate, blood pressure | EPINEPHRINE |
Promotes growth and maintenance of male sex characteristics | TESTOSTERONE |
Stimulates water REABSORPTION by kidney tubules; decreases urine | ADH |
Increases metabolism in body cells | THYROXINE |
Raises blood CALCIUM | PARATHYROID HORMONE |
Increases reabsorption of SODIUM by kidney tubules | ALDOSTERONE |
Stimulates secretion of hormones from adrenal cortex | ACTH |
Increases blood sugar | CORTISOL |
Helps transport glucose to cells and decreases blood sugar | INSULIN |
Name the endocrine organ that produce the following hormone: INSULIN | PANCREAS |
Name the endocrine organ that produce the following hormone: CORTISOL | ADRENAL CORTEX |
Name the endocrine organ that produce the following hormone: THYROXINE | THYROID |
Name the endocrine organ that produce the following hormone: EPINEPHRINE | ADRENAL MEDULLA |
Name the endocrine organ that produce the following hormone: ALDOSTERONE | ADRENALS CORTEX |
Name the endocrine organ that produce the following hormone: VASOPRESSIN | POSTERIOR LOBE |
Name the endocrine organ that produce the following hormone: ESTRADIOL | OVARIES |
Name the endocrine organ that produce the following hormone: GROWTH HORMONE | ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND |
Name the endocrine organ that produce the following hormone: PROGESTERONE | OVARIES!!! |