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64 Terms
Ch 64 Endocrine Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural chemicals exert their effects on specific tissues | Hormones |
| Located some distance from the endocrine gland with no direct physical connections between endocrine gland and target tissue | Target tissues |
| nervous system to regulate overall body function | neuroendocrine regulation |
| hypothalamus shares a small closed circulatory system with the anterior pituitary gland | hypothalamic hypophysial portal |
| anterior lobe of pituitary | enohypophysis |
| posterior lobe of pituitary | neurohypophysis |
| hormones that stimulate other endocrine glands | tropic hormones |
| male and femal reproductive endorcine glands | gonads |
| outer portion of adrenal gland | adrenal cortex |
| inner portion of adrenal gland | medulla |
| hormones produced in the zona glomerulosa and help control the bodys sodium and potassium content | mineralcorticoids |
| synthesis and reales of thyroid hormone | TSH |
| synthesis and release of cortiocosteroids and adrenocortical growth | ACTH |
| ovulation and progesterone secretion | LH |
| testosterone secretion | LH |
| estrogen secretion and follicle maturation | FSH |
| spermatogenesis | FSH |
| breast milk production | PRL |
| promotes growth through lipolysis, protein anabolism, and insulin antagonis, | GH |
| promotes pigmentation | MSH |
| promotes water reabsorption | Vasopressin ADH |
| stimulates uterine contractions and ejection of breast milk | oxytocin |
| hormones secreted by the cortex | adrenal steroids or corticosteroids |
| promotes sodium and water reabsorption and potassium excretion, chief mineralcorticoid |