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define ENDOCRINE GLANDS A GLAND THAT SECRETES HORMONES DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOOD WITHOUT THE USE OF DUCTS
HORMONE A CHEMICAL FORMED IN AN ENDOCRINE GLAND AND TRANSPORTED VIA THE BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODY.
ANDROGEN MALE SEX HORMONE
ESTROGEN FEMALE SEX HORMONE
EXOCRINE GLANDS SECRETE INTO DUCTS
THE EFFECT OF HORMONES IS WHAT? REGULATE TOTAL BODY METABOLISM, GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION
NAME GLANDS THAT ARE STRICTLY ENDOCRINE GLANDS. ADRENAL, THYROID, PARATHYROID, PITUITARY AND PINEAL GLANDS
IS THE PANCREAS EXOCRINE OR ENDOCRINE ORGAN? BOTH EXOCRINE AND ENDOCRINE
WHAT DOES PANCREAS DO? SECRETES JUICES INTO THE PANCREATIC DUCT AND INSULIN AND GLUCAGON INTO THE BLOOD.
WHAT IS EPINEPHRINE? A HORMONE THAT INCREASES HEART AND RESPIRATORY RATES, DILATE BLOOD VESSELS, FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE
EXAMPLE OF NEG. FEEDBACK INSULIN, AS YOU'LL ALWAYS BE ON IT
EXAMPLE OF POS. FEEDBACK OXYTOCIN STIMULATES UTERINE CONTRACTIONS UTERINE CONTRACTIONS STIMULATE OXYTOCIN RELEASE
HYPOTHALAMUS ONE OF TWO MASTER ENDOCRINE GLANDS
WHAT CONTROLS HYPOTHALAMUS BRAIN
WHAT CONTROLS THE PITUITARY GLAND HYPOTHALAMUS
WHAT ARE THE TWO MASTER GLANDS HYPOTHALAMUS AND PITUITARY GLAND
WHAT HORMONES DOES THE posterior PITUITARY GLAND RELEASE ANTI DIURETIC HORMONE AND OXYTOCIN
WHAT HORMONES ARE PRODUCED BY THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND GOAT FLAP ( GROWTH HORMONE, OXYTOCIN, ANTI DIURETIC HORMONE, THYROID HORMONE, FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, LUTEINIZING HORMONE, ADRENOCORTITROPIC HORMONE, THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE)
G.O.A.T. F.L.A.P. GROWTH HORMONE, OXYTOCIN, ANTI DIURETIC, THYROID, FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, LEUTINIZING HORMONE, ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE.
HGH HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE
WHAT DOES HGH DO? growth hormone that involves growing correctly
NAME WHAT THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DOES RELEASES HORMONES IN TO THE BLOOD, PRODUCTION AND REGULATION OF HORMONES, (RELEASE, PRODUCE, AND REGULATE:
WHAT IS ENDOCRINE SYSTEM? IT IS THE SYSTEM OF GLANDS THAT PRODUCE ENDOCRINE SECRETIONS TO CONTROL BODILY METABOLIC ACTIVITY.
PROLACTIN (PRL) CAUSES MILK PRODUCTION
OXYTOCIN DOES WHAT? RELEASES MILK, CONTRACTS UTERUS
WHAT DOES THYROID PRODUCE? T3, T4, AND CALCITONIN
WHAT CAUSES GRAVES DISEASE? HYPERTHYROIDISM
WHAT CAUSES A GOITER? HYPOTHYROIDISM
WHAT IS PTH? PARATHYROID
WHERE IS PARATHYROID HORMONE LOCATED AND WHAT DOES IT DO? LOCATED IN PARATHYROID GLAND, INCREASES BLOOD CALCIUM LEVELS.
WHAT CAUSES GRAVES DISEASE? HYPERTHYROIDISM
NAME TWO PARTS OF ADRENAL GLAND CORTEX AND MEDULA
IS CORTEX INSIDE OUR OUTSIDE THE ADRENAL GLAND OUTSIDE
WHAT DOES CORTEX RELEASE CORTISOL, CORTICOSTERONE, ALDOSTERONE, AND ANDROGENS
WHAT RELEASES HORMONE THAT CONTROLS BLOOD SUGARS? ADRENAL CORTEX
WHAT DOES MEDULA RELEASE? hint: MEN EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE
caused from tumor in pituitary gland. Causes over production of ACTH. CUSHING'S DISEASE
DISEASE FROM UNDER PRODUCTION IN ADRENAL GLAND ADDISON'S DISEASE
WHAT HORMONE DO OVARIES PRODUCE estrogen and progestrone
WHAT DOES FSH DO IN MEN STIMULATES SPERM PRODUCTION
WHAT IS CUSHING'S SYNDROME taking to much corticosteroid
TYPE I DIABETES USUALLY CHILD ONSET, BUT CAN START IN YOUNG ADULTS AS WELL. BODY DOES NOT PRODUCE INSULIN SO THE PERSON NEEDS TO GIVE THEMSELVES INSULIN SHOTS OR USE THE PUMP TO GET INSULIN INTO THEM SELF.
TYPE 2 DIABETES MOST OFTEN CAUSED BY OBESITY. HEALTH EATING, EXERCISE AND ORAL MEDICATION CAN HELP REDUCE HIGH SUGAR LEVELS.
HYPOTHYROIDISM IN A CHILD CAUSES WHAT? DWARFISM
HYPOTHYROIDISM IN ADULTS WEIGHT GAIN, SENSITIVITY TO COLD, LOW BODY TEMP., AND MENTAL DULLNESS
HYPERTHYROIDISM IN ADULTS DOES WHAT GRAVES DISEASE-
SYMPTOMS OF GRAVE DISEASE` WEIGHT LOSS, NERVOUSNESS, TREMOR, EDEMA BEHIND EYES, GOITER
WHAT CAUSES GOITER LOSS OF IODINE
WHICH GLAND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GRAVE'S DIS. THYROID
WHICH GLAND AND WHICH HORMONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DWARFISM ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND GROWTH HORMONE GH
WHAT IS GIANTISM HYPERSECRETION OF G.H. DURING CHILDHOOD OR THYROID STIMULATOR
ACROMEGALY HYPERSECRETION OF HGH AS AN ADULT UNPROPORTIONED HANDS, FEET AND HEAD TO THE REST OF THE BODY
PINEAL GLAND SECRETES WHAT (TINY PEA SIZE GLAND IN HEAD) MELATONIN WHICH IS NEEDED FOR SLEEP
OVARIES PRODUCE WHAT ESTROGEN, PRGESTERONE
HYPERGONADISM IS WHAT THE OVARY OVER PRODUCING ESTROGEN/PROGESTERONE RESULTS IN TOO MANY EGGS
HYPOGONADISM IS WHAT NOT MATURE ENOUGH OR VERY FEW EGGS.
TESTES PRODUCE WHAT TESTOSTERONE
NOT ENOUGH TESTOSTERONE LOW SPERM COUNT, HYPOGONADISM,
PANCREAS DOES WHAT? GLUCAGON, INSULIN, AND SAMOSTATIN
GLUCAGON TURNS ______________INTO______________ GLYCAGEN TO GLUCOSE
GLY TO GLU AND GLU TO GLY GLY TO GLU IS HIGHER SUGAR glu to gly is lower sugar
INSULIN TAKES ________ AND TURNS IT INTO_________ GLUCOSE TO GLYCOGEN
ADRENAL MEDULA PRODUCES_______&___________ EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE
WHAT DOES OXYTOCIN DO CAUSES UTERINE MUSCLE CONTRACTION AND MILK EJECTION
WHAT IS THE CONTROL CENTER OF HORMONES HYPOTHALAMUS AND PITUITARY
WHAT DOES PITUITARY DO TELLS WHICH GLAND TO RELEASE HORMONE.
EPINEPHRINE DOES WHAT ADRENALINE
NOREPINEPHRINE DOES WHAT VASOCONSTRICTION, INCREASED BP AND HEART RATE, INCREASES GLYCOGEN BREAKDOWN
HYPHOTHALAMUS IS PART OF WHAT NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
FUNCTION OF PITUITARY REGULATES ALL OTHER GLANDS
PITUITARY NICKNAME MASTER GLAND
PINEAL GLAND SECRETES WHAT MELATONIN
THYROID GLAND SECRETES WHAT T3 T4 CALCITONIN
PARATHYROID GLAND PRODUCES WHAT PTH PARATHORMONE RESPONSIBLE FOR CALCIUM IN BLOOD
PANCREAS EXOCRINE FUNCTION SECRETION OF GASTRIC JUICES TO SMALL INTESTINE THROUGH A DUCT
PANCREAS ENDOCRINE FUNCTION SECRETES HORMONES INTO THE BLOOD
HORMONES SECRETED BY ADRENAL CORTEX? CORTISOL, CORTICOSTERONE, ALDOSTERONE, AND ORGAN
HORMONES SECRETED BY ADRENAL MEDULLA DOPAMINE, EPINEPHRINE, AND NOREPINEPHRINE
MOST COMMON FORM OF HYPERTHYROIDISM? GRAVES DISEASE
WHERE ARE ADRENAL GLANDS LOCATED ABOVE EACH KIDNEY
ACROMEGALY TOO MUCH GROWTH HORMONE FOUND IN ADULTS. ENLARGEMENT OF EXTREMITIES
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