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Endocrine System- Martini

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show It functions with the nervous system to monitor and maintain homeostasis.  
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What is homeostasis?   show
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show The nervous system and endocrine system  
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What is the function of the nervous system?   show
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show The nervous system  
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show Amplitude-modulated  
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What type of modulation is the nervous system under?   show
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show The amount  
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show How often  
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What does it mean when we say the endocrine system is amplitude modulated?   show
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What does it mean when we say the nervous system is frequency modulated?   show
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show The endocrine is slower and longer lasting  
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What does the endocrine system deal with?   show
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What does the nervous system deal with?   show
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What is an endocrine gland and its function?   show
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What is tissue fluid?   show
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What is an exocrine gland and its function?   show
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show Endo- means internal; Exo- means external  
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show Sweat, oil, tears, spit  
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show (ligand comes from latin ligare = to bind) its a molecule that binds to another, normally refers to a soluble molecule such as a hormone or nerurotransmitter that binds to a receptor.  
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show A chemical messenger that is released in tissue and transported in the blood stream to alter the activities of a specific cells in other tissues  
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Where do hormones take action?   show
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show No, they do not have action where they are produced.  
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Where are hormones secreted?   show
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What takes hormones to tissues?   show
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show in endocrine glands  
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show the interstitial fluid where they diffuse into the blood and travel tro target tissues  
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show A specific response occurs  
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show hormones that pass into the blood and act on distant target cells  
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show Other chemical messengers (not circulating hormones) produced by endocrine glands  
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Two examples of local hormones are?   show
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show "para-" meaning near by/ next to; a local hormone that DIFFUSES to their targets; these chemical messengers are not transported thru blood  
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What is an autocrine?   show
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show hormones, neurohormones, neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, and parahormones  
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show they are produced by neurons and behave like hormones  
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show Based on 1. Function 2. Solubility 3. Chemical Structure  
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show kinetic or metabolic  
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show movement  
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Metabolic regulates?   show
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show lipid soluble, water soluble, or eicosanoids  
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What are lipids?   show
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What are lipid soluble horrmones?   show
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What are water soluble hormones?   show
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show its a collective term for oxygenated derivatives of three different 20-carbon essential fatty acids; are lipid derivatives of arachidonic acid  
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show prostoglandins and leukotriens  
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Based on chemical structure hormones are classified as?   show
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show Eicosanoids and steroid hormones  
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show leukotrienes, prostoglandins, thromboxanes, prostacyclins  
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Steroid hormones are structurally similar to?   show
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show androgens, estrogens, progestins, mineralcorticoids, glucocorticoids,androgens, calcitrol  
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What are the steroid hormones located in the gonads?   show
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What are steroid hormones located in the adrenal cortex?   show
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What are steroid hormones located in the kidneys?   show
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show carbon rings and side chains built from fatty acids and cholesterol  
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Define amino acid derivatives (aka biogenic amines)   show
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What is tyrosine and tryptophan?   show
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What are tyrosine derived hormones?   show
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What are thyroid hormones?   show
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show the number of atomes of iodine in a molecule  
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show tyrosine derived, amino acid derived include epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine  
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show an amino acid derivative, the hormone melatonin  
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Epinephrine and norepinephrine are secreted by?   show
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show the pineal gland  
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