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Endocrine System

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Endocrine system   Secretes hormones  
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Endocrine glands   Secrete directly into the bloodstream  
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Hormones   Chemicals that bring about a change in the body  
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Protein-based hormones   Can be long or short chains of AAs or variations of single AAs  
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Steroids   Cholesterol derivatives  
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Protein hormones   Also call the two messenger mechanism  
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Steroids   Are liquid soluble therefore they diffuse through the cell membrane  
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Nucleus   The steroid protein complex enters the _____  
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Cells of endocrine glands   Respond to chemical changes, other hormones, or nervous system stimulation  
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Releasing hormones   Stimulates the anterior pituitary to secrete it's hormones  
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Inhibiting hormones   Suppress hormone secretion by the anterior pituitary  
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Tropic hormones   Stimulate other endocrine cells to release their hormones  
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Prolactin   Stimulates milk production in the mammary glands in females  
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone   Stimulates the adrenal cortex to secrete corticosteroids  
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Growth hormones   Act on the entire body to promote protein synthesis, liquid and carbohydrate metabolism, and bone and skeletal muscle growth  
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Thyroid stimulating hormones   Stimulates the thyroid gland to secrete thyroid hormone  
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Luteinizing hormone   Stimulate ovulation and estrogen and progesterone synthesis in females and the secretion of testosterone by the testes in males  
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Follicle-stimulating hormone   Stimulates the production of eggs in the ovaries of females and sperm in the testes of males  
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Antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin   The hormones stored by the posterior pituitary  
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Oxytocin   Stimulates contraction of the uterus during childbirth  
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Antidiuretic hormone   Acts on the kidneys to reduce urine volume and prevent dehydration  
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Negative feedback   When the pituitary stimulates another endocrine glands to secrete it's hormone, that hormone is then sent back to the pituitary, telling it to stop the release of tropic hormone  
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Pituitary gland   Hangs by short stock called the infundibulum from the hypothalamus  
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Anterior pituitary   Made of glandular tissue  
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Posterior pituitary   Extends from the nerve tissue of the hypothalamus  
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Antidiuretic hormone   Helps maintain blood pressure  
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Pineal gland   Releases melatonin  
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Thymus gland   Located anterior and bilateral to the trachea just inferior to the larynx  
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T3   Contains three iodine atoms  
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T4   Contains four iodine atoms  
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Calcitonin   Maintain normal blood levels of calcium and phosphate by decreasing reabsorption of calcium and phosphate from the bones to the blood thus lowering blood levels  
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Parathyroid gland   To glands on the posterior of each lobe of the thyroid gland  
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Parathyroid hormone   Increases blood calcium and phosphate  
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Adrenal gland   Located on the top of each kidney  
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Norepinephrine   Causes vasoconstruction in the skin, Viscera, and skeletal muscles to quickly raise blood pressure  
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Epinephrine   Increases heart rate and force of contraction  
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Adrenal cortex   Secretes mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, sex hormones  
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Sex hormones   Estrogen for females, androgens for males  
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Aldosterone   The most abundant mineralocorticoid, increases blood volume and blood pressure  
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Cortisol   Increases glucogenesis from lipids and excess AAs  
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Anti-inflammatory   Blocks histamine  
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Pancreas   Located mainly in the left upper quadrant, both an endocrine and exocrine gland  
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Alpha cells   Produce Glucagon  
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Beta cells   Produce insulin  
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Delta cells   Somatostatin  
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Glucagon   Stimulates liver to begin Glycogenolysis and uses lipids and AAs for energy by glucogenesis  
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Insulin   Decreases blood sugar by increasing permeability of cells to glucose and stimulating glycogenesis in the liver and muscles  
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Prostaglandins   Made in virtually all cells from phospholipids of their cell membranes  
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Local action   Does not circulate in the blood  
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