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endocrine
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Melatonin | Makes you sleep, contribute so wake/sleep cycle |
| Growth hormone | Stimulates muscle and bone growth |
| Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) | causes you to store water |
| oxytocin | promotes social bonding |
| true/false All endocrine glands are physically connected | false |
| true/false Hormones affect the first tissue they come in contact with | false |
| does endocrine system control sending nerve signals | NOOOOOO key word "nerve" which means nervous |
| true/false endocrine system regulate metabolism | Trueeeeeee |
| true/false endorcine system controls reproductive system | Truuuuuue |
| true/false endocrine system is in control of growth and development | Truuuuue |
| follicle stimulating hormones (FSH) | triggers development of an ovum(egg) |
| calcitonin | reduces the amount of calcium in blood |
| adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) | stimulates production of cortisol |
| luteinizing hormone (LH) | triggers ovulation |
| pancreas | glucagon |
| gonads(ovaries or testes) | estrogen |
| Thymus | thymosin |
| adrenal | epinephrine |
| Lipids based on hormones are called | steroids |
| pineal | melatonin |
| pituitary | growth hormone |
| thyroid | T4 ad T5 |
| hypothalamus | oxytocin |
| testosterone | regulates sex drive, secondary characteristic, increase bone density and muscle mass |
| progesterone | thickness uterine lining |
| glucagon | increase blood in glucose |
| estrogen | develops female secondary Sex characteristics |
| testosterone | increase bone density and muscle mass |
| testosterone | secondary sex characteristics |
| true/false hormones are chemical messengers | truuue |
| hormones made by | endocrine glands |
| endocrine organs | glands |
| if a cell does not have the right receptor....... | hormones will not work for it |
| anti diuretic hormone | increases the amount of water the kidneys send back into the blood |
| oxytocin (made in hypothalamus released by pituitary) | causes utrine contractions during childbirth |
| oxytocin | released during sex, childbirth |
| oxytocin | promote a variety of reproductive functions |
| FSH | stimulates reproduction of sperm in male |
| luteinizing hormone LH | causes testicle to make testosterone |
| hypothalamus | connects endocrine to nervous system |
| T4 and T3 | made out of iodine |
| T cells | part of the immune system, response to attack foreign substances in the body |
| thymosin promotes | formation of T cells |
| adrenal glands promotes? | response to stress (increasing heart rate, raising blood/glucose, constricting certin blood vessels) |
| insulin | causes cells to take |
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