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Anatomy - Endocrine

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Where is Oxytocin released from? posterior pituitary
Where is testosterone released from? testes
Where is Epinephrine and norepinephrine released from? adrenal medulla
Where is insulin released from? pancreas
Where is estrogen released from? ovaries
Where is melatonin released from? pineal gland
where are immune cells made? thymus
where is cortisol released from? adrenal cortex
where is adrenocorticotropic hormone released from? anterior pituitary
where is growth hormone released from? anterior pituitary
where is glucagon released from? pancreas
where is progesterone released from? ovaries
where is prolactin released from? anterior pituitary
where is follicle-stimulating hormone released from? (gonadotropin) anterior pituitary
where is antidiuretic hormone released from? posterior pituitary
where is thyroid stimulating hormone released from? anterior pituitary
where is parathyroid hormone released from? parathyroid
where is T3 and T4 released from? thyroid
where is luteinizing hormone released from? anterior pituitary
where is calcitonin released from? thyroid
Function: prolactin milk production
Function: adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulate the adrenal cortex
Function: calcitonin decrease blood calcium level (store in the bones)
Function: ocytocin initiates labor, milk ejection, love
Function: antidiuretic hormone stimulates water reabsorption in the kidneys (keep water inside the body)
Function: growth hormone stimulate growth
Function: follicle-stimulating hormone stimulates egg maturation and sperm production
Function: luteinizing hormone triggers ovulation and sperm production
Function: thyroid stimulating hormone stimulate the release of T3 and T4 from thyroid
Function: T3 and T4 stimulates growth, development, and metabolism
Function: parathyroid gland increase blood calcium
Function: insulin decrease blood sugar
Function: epinephrine and norepinephrine "fight or flight" - inc Hear rate, blood pressure, increased breathing (bronchodilation), increased blood flow to muscles
Function: cortisol responds to stress, released from adrenal cortex (stimulated by ACTH)
Function: glucagon increased blood sugar levels
Function: testosterone (androgen) produce sperm, reproductive maturation
Function: estrogen reproductive maturation, regulate menstrual cycle
Function: progesterone regulate menstrual cycle
Function: melatonin sleep/wake cycle
what hormone has the opposite effect of calcitonin? parathyroid hormone
what hormone has the opposite effect of insulin? glucagon
What type of feedback look helps maintain homeostasis by bringing the body back to "normal?" negative
what type of feedback is child labor and what hormone helps promote this? positive feedback, oxytocin
what glands gets smaller as we age due to our improved immune system? thymus
what disorder is an increase in thyroid hormone? Can have symptoms like "bulging eyes" graves
what is it called when there is swelling of the thyroid gland? goiter
too much growth hormone would lead to __________________ in adults? acromegaly
too much growth hormone would lead to _________________ in children? gigantism
too little growth hormone would lead to what? dwarfism
A disease characterized by increased adrenal cortex secretion? Cushing's
A disease characterized by decrease in adrenal cortex secretion? Addison's
Where do exocrine glands secrete? into ducts
where do endocrine glands secrete? directly into the blood stream
what is the function of hormones Coordinates physiological processes with chemical messangers
What is known as the "master gland?" pituitary gland
what would happen if someone had hypothyroidism? decreased metabolism, and growth and development, increased weight gain, fatigued
What hormone do people with diabetes not produce or do not react to? insulin
Created by: adittrich
 

 



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