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Ch. 14
Endocrine System
Term | Definition |
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The endocrine system coordinates with the nervous system to regulate body activities (true or false?) | true |
Hormone production deficiency | hypo-secretion |
Excess hormone production | hyper-secretion |
The endocrine system is composed of glands that have the ability to manufacture or release chemical substances that are discharged into the blood stream and used in other parts of the body (true or false?) | true |
What are chemical substances? | hormones |
The organ structure toward which the effects of a hormone are primarily directed | Target Organ |
Hormones are released in response to what system? | The nervous system |
The pituitary produces hormones that act on __________ glands, which then produce hormones | endocrine |
"Master Gland" or hypophysis (What is the real name?) | Pituitary Gland |
Pineal gland (pineal body) -where is it attached | -attached to the posterior part of the brain |
Thyroid gland -where is it located? | -located at the front of the neck |
Parathyroid what is it located near? | -Located near the thyroid |
Parathyroid -embedded in the posterior surface of the __________ | thyroid |
Islets of Langerhans | Pancreatic cells that perform an endocrine function |
Adrenal Gland -where does it lay? | lies above each of the two kidneys |
Overproduction of hormones sometimes requires suppression or removal of all or part of the ________ organ responsible for the overproduction | target |
adenectomy | removal of a gland |
thyroidectomy | removal of the thyroid gland |
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is controlled how? | -administration of insulin -proper diet -exercise |
what are hormones? | chemicals from glands that controls the body function and process |
what do hormones come from? | glands |
hyposecretion | secreting less than normal amount |
hypersecretion | secreting more than normal amount |
What does the pituitary gland do? | controls other glands |
Another name for pituitary gland | "Master Gland" |
The pituitary (master) gland tells other glands to secrete what? | hormones |
Adrenal glands produce what two hormones? | -adrenalin -cortisone |
The ovaries controls what? | -female sex characteristics -menstruation -breast milk production |
The ovaries secretes what? | estrogen and progesterone |
The testes secrete what? | Testosterone and sperm |
The pancreas does what two things? | -produces insulin -lowers blood sugar levels |
what is the meaning of androgen? | The beginning of making male hormones |
iodine is needed for ________ function? | thyroid function |
What is iodine? | A mineral taken thru food |
-tropic | stimulate (verb) |
-tropin | that which stimulates (now) |
Goiter | Enlarged thyroid gland |
signs and symptoms of goiter | -protrusion of the eyes (exophthalmos) -enlarged neck/thyroid gland |