HaneyAP-Endocrine
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| What are the two types of glands in the body? | Exocrine glands and endocrine glands.
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| What does the hormone oxytocin do? | Stimulates uterine contractions at end of pregnancy and stimulates the release of milk into breast ducts.
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| What does the follicle-stimulating hormone do for a male | Stimulates seminiferous tubules of testes to grow and produce sperm.
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| What is the small depression of the sphenoid bone that is shaped like a saddle? | Sella Turcica
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| The outer layer of the adrenal cortex secretes hormones called ______________________. | Mineralocorticoids
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| The inner part of the adrenal gland produces what hormones? | Epinephrine and norepinephrine
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| What is the difference between Alpha cells and Beta cells? | Alpha cells secrete the hormone glucagon and Beta cells secrete the hormone insulin
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| Ovarian follicles secrete what hormone and what does it do? | Estrogen- promotes development and maintenance of female sexual characteristics.
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| What is thymosin a big part of? | The development and function of the body's immune system.
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| What hormone is secreted by the lining of the stomach and boosts appetite? | Ghrelin
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| Fat-storing cells secrete what hormone throughout the body? | Leptin
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| What hormone stimulates retention of water by the kidneys? | Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
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| What makes nonsteroid hormones and steroid hormones different? | The mechanisms that influence target cells
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| What does the same general functions as the nervous system? | Endocrine system
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| What inhibits tropic hormones that affect the ovaries and my be involved in the body's internal clock? | Melatonin
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| What are the three classes of prostaglandins? | Prostaglandin A, prostaglandin E and prostaglandin F.
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| What speeds up the movement of digested proteins? | Growth hormone
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| What hormone is secreted by the outer zone of the adrenal cortex? | mineralocorticoids
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| What stimulates female sex drive and is similar to testosterone? | Androgens
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| What hormone helps the body resist or avoid stress? | Epinephrine and norepinephrine (adrenaline)
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