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CHAPTER 8 ENDOCRINE

the function of the endocrine system communication and hormone production
aden/o gland
adren/o adrenal glands
asrenal/o adrenal glands
andr/o male
cortic/o cortex
crin/o secrete
dips/o thirst
gluc/o sugar
glyc/o sugar
gonad/o sex glands
hormon/o hormone
pancreat/o pancreas
ster/o steroid
thyr/o thyroid gland
a chemical used in the endocrine system to carry messages hormone
a structure on its own or groups of cells within an organ that functions to produce hormones gland
cells of a tissue that have receptors for a specific hormone target tissue
shape specific binding site for a hormone receptor
the gland located beneath the posterior end of the corpus callosum in the brain pineal gland
pineal gland is named because it resembles a pine cone
cells in the endocrine system glandular epithelum
cells in the nerves system neurons
chemical signal in the nervous system neurotransmitter
chemical signal in the endocrine system hormone
the pituitary gland has two parts which are the anterior and posterior
what plays a major role as a gateway for the brain to control the endocrine system the hypothalamus
the hypothalamus is connected to the pituitary glands two parts by a stalk called infundibulum
hypothalamus directly affect the release of hormones from the anterior pituitary
cell stimulates itself autocrine
nearby cells without entering the blood paracrine
hormone enters the blood endocrine
chemicals ignite a response outside the body in another individual pheromone
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