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A&P Ch 11 E.S.

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Made up of cells, tissues, and organs that secrete hormones into body fluids   The Endocrine system  
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Secretes products into ducts   Exocrine  
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Secrete products into body fluids to affect target cells   Endocrine  
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The Endocrine's system is to communicate with cells using chemicals called   Hormones  
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Pituitary gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, adrenal galnds, pancreas   Endocrine Glands  
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Can influence target cells even if they are present in   Minute Concentrations  
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Controls secretion of the anterior pituitary   Hypothalamus  
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Influences certain endocrine glands indirectly   The Nervous System  
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Other glands respond directly to changes in ehe what?   Internal fluid composition  
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Attached to the base of the brain and has an anterior lobe and posterior lobe   The Pituitary Gland  
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Releasing hormones from the hypthalamus control the secretions of the what?   Anterior Pituitary  
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Releases hormones into the bloodstream in response to nerve impulses from the hypothalamus   Posterior pituitary  
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Stimulates body cells to grow and reporduce; it also speeds the rate at which cells use carbohydrates & fats   Growth Hormone  
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Promotes milk production following the birth of an infant   Prolactin  
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Gonatropins affeting the male and female gonads   Follicle-stimulating hormone and lutenizing hormone  
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Neurons in the Hypothalamus produce_______which are stored in the posterior pituitary   Antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin  
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_____produces its effect by causing kidneys to conserve water   Antidiuretic hormone  
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_____plays a role in childbirh by contracting muscles in the uterine wall, and forcing milk into ducts from the milk glands   Oxytocin  
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_____is located below the larnx and consists of 2 broad lobes connected by an isthmus   The Thyroid Gland  
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_____produces 2 iodine-containing hormones   The Follicuar cells  
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Together_____ and ______ regulate energy metabolism   Thyroxine and triiodothyronine  
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Extrafollicular cells of the thyroid secrete______, which lowers blood levels of calcium and phosphate ions   Calcitonin  
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_____increases blood calcium ion concentration and decreases phosphate ion concentration   Parathyroid hormone  
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____ and______ exert opposite effects in regulating calcium iopn levels in the blood   Calcitonin and PTH (parathyroid hormone)  
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_______sit atop the kidneys enclosed in a layer of fat   The adrenal glands  
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_______secretes epinepherine and norepinepherine into the blood stream   The adrenal medulla  
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_______causes the kidneys to conserve sodium ions and excrete potassium ions   Aldosterone  
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________ influences the metabolism of glucose, protien, and fat in response to conditions that stress the body and require a greater supply of energy in the bloodstream.   Cortisol  
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________decreases blood levels of glucose   Insulin  
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_______produce estrogen and progesterone   Ovaries  
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The_____ produces estrogen, progesterone, and gonadotropin   Placenta  
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