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keywords for the endocrine system

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Pacracrine communication   use of chemical messengers to transfer infromation from cell to cell within a single tissue  
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Hormones   chemical messengers that are released in one tissue and transported in the bloodstream to reach specific cells in other tissues.  
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endocrine communication   use of hormones to coordinate cellular activities in tissues in distant protions of the body  
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endocrine system   includes all the endocrine cells and tissues of the body which produce hormones or pacrine factors rthat have effects beyond their tissue of origin  
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Amino Acid Derivatives   are relatively small molecules that are structurally similiar to amino acids, sometimes known as biogenic amines  
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Biogenic amines include   epinephrine, nrepinephrine, dopamine, the thyroid hormones and melatonin  
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Melatonin   manufactured from molecules of the amino acid Tryptophan  
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Peptide Hormones   are chains of amino acids, also produced as prohormones  
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prohormones   inactive molecules that are converted to active hormones either before or after they are secreted  
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Lipid derivatives, two classes   steroid hormones derived from cholesterol, and eicosanoids, derived form arachidonic acid  
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Steriod Hormones   released by male and female reproductive organs, and the adrenal glands and the kidneys  
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Eicosanoids   small molecules with a 5-carbon ring at one end. also important pacrine factors that coordinate cellular activities and affect enzymatic processes that occur in extracellular fluind  
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Leukatrienes   released by activate white blood cells, are important in coordinating tissue responses to injury or disease  
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Prostaglandins   produced in most tisues of the body, involved in coordinating local cellular acitvies  
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G Protein   an enzyme complex coupled to a membrane receptor. Refers to the fact the this protein binds to GTP  
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Kinase   an enzyme that performs phosphorylation, the attachment of a phospahte group to another molecule  
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Endocrine reflexes   can be triggered by 1. humoral stimuli 2. hormonal stimuli 3. nerual stimuli  
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the adrenal medullae secret E and NE in response to   action potential rather than circulatinf hormones  
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Pulses   several hormones of the hypothalamus and pituitary gland are released in sudden bursts  
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When hormones arrive in pulses   target cells may vary their response with frequency  
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Diaphragma sellae   the pituitary gland is cradled by the sella turcia and held in position by the ....  
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adenohypophysis   anterior lobe of pituitary gland  
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3 regions of the adenohypophysis   pars distalis, pars tuberalis, pars intermedia  
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par distalis   the largest and most anterior portion of the pituitary gland  
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pars tuberalis   wraps arond the adjeacent portion of the infundibulum  
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pars intermedia   forms a narrow band bordering the posterior lobe  
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Fenestrated capillaries   allow relatively large molecules to enter or leave the circulatory system  
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Superior hypohyseal artery   supplies the capillary networks in the median eminence  
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Portal vessels   blood vessels that link two capillary networks  
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2 classes of hypothalamic regulatory hormones   1) releasing hormones 2) inhibitiing hormones  
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Releasing hormone (RH)   stimulates the synthesis and secretion of one or more hormones at the anterior lobe  
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inhibiting hormones (IH)   prevent the synthesis and secretion of hormones at the anterior lobe  
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Thyroid-stimulating hormones (TSH)   or Thyrotropin, target the thyroid gland and triggers the release of thyroid hormones  
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)   or Corticotropin, stimulates the release of steroid hormones by the adrenal cortex  
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Gonadotropins   follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone are called... because they regulate the activities of the gonads  
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Follicle-stimulating Hormone (FSH)   or follitropin, promotes follicle development in females and stimulates sustentacular cells in males  
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sustentacular cells   specialixed cells in the tubules where sperm differentiate  
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Luteinizing hormones (LH)   or lutropin, induces ovulation in females,  
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Growth Hormone (GH)   or somatotroping, stimulates cell growth and replication by accelerating the rate of protein synthesis  
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Liver cells respond to the presence of GH by   synthesizing and releasing somatomedians, or insuinlike growth factors (IGFs)  
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GH stimulates stem cell division and the differentiation of daughter cells in   epithelia and connective tissue  
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GH stimulates the breakdown fo stored trglycoerides by adipocytes , which then release fatty acids int the blood stream   in adipose tissue  
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thyroid follicles   spheres lined by a simple cuboidal epithelium  
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Follicle cells synthesize   a globular protein called thyroglobulin and secretes it into the colloid of the thryoid follicles  
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major factor controlling the rate of thyroid hormone release   concentration of TSH in the circulating blood  
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If intracellular levels of thyroid hormones decline   the bound thyroid hormones are released into the cytoplasm  
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Thyroid hormones binding to mitochondria   increase the rates of mitchondrial ATP production  
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Tetraiodothyronine represents   T4, or thyroxine which contains 4 iodide ions  
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Triidothyronine represents   T3, contains 3 iodide ions  
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Thyroid-binding globulins (TBGs)   a transport molecule, 75%of T4 and 70% T3 enter the blood stream attached to transport proteins called  
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Cheif Cells   monitor the circulating concentration of calcium ions in the parathyroid glands  
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Adrenal Gland   yellow, pyramid-shaped, sits on the superior border of each kidney  
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Adrenal Cortex   yellowish color is due to the presence of stored lipids, especially cholesterol and various fatty acids  
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Corticosteriods   more than two dozen steriod hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex are called.....  
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Zona Glomerulosa   outer most region of the adrenal cortex, produces mineralocorticoids  
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mineralocorticoids   steroid hormones that affect the electrolye composition of body fluids  
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Aldosterone   the principal minerocorticoid produced by the adrenal cortex  
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Zona Fasciculata   produces steroid hormones collectively known as glucocorticoids  
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Zona Reticularis   forms a narrow band bordering each adrenal medulla , the endocrine cells form a folded, branching network, and fenestrated blood vessels wind between cells  
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This combination increases both muscular strength and endurance.   E and NE Trigger a mobilization of glycogen reserves in skeletal muscle and accelerate the breakdown of glucose to provide ATP  
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Pineal Gland   part of epithalamus, lies in the posterior protion of the roof of the third ventricle  
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the Pineal Glad contains   neors, neuroglia, and special secretory cells called pinealocytes  
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Pinealocytes   synthesize hormone melatonin form molecules of the nerotransmitter serotonin  
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Pancreas   lies within the abdominopelvic cavity in the J-shaped loop between the stomach and the small intestine  
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Exocrine pancreas   consists of clusters of gland cells, called pancreatic acini, and their attached ducts  
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Endocrine pancreas   consist of small groups of cells scattered among the exocrine cells  
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Pancreatic islets   or ISLETS OF LANGERHANS, endocrine clusters  
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Alpha cells   produce the horm. glucagon.  
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Glucagon   raises blood glucose levels by incrasing the rates of glycogen breakdown and glucose release by the liver  
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Beta cells   produce the Horm. insulin  
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Insulin   lower blood glucose levers by increasing the rate of glucose uptake and utilization by most body cells  
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