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CHAPTER 14

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CONTAINS THE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS   PANCREAS  
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SECRETES CORTISOL, ADOSTERONE, AND TESTOSTERONE   ADRENAL CORTEX  
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SECRETES IODINE-CONTAINING HORMONES   THYROID GLAND  
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SECTETES RELEASING HORMONES   HYPOTHALAMUS  
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SECTETES ACTH, TSH, PROLACTIN, GROWTH HORMONE, AND THE GONADOTROPINS   ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND  
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PART OF THE FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT SYSTEM; SECRETES CATECHOLAMINES   ADRENAL MEDULLA  
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THE NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; SECTETES ADH AND OXYTOCIN   POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND  
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STIMULATES OSTEOCLASTIC ACTIVITY TO INCREASE BLOOD CALCIUM   PARATHYROID HORMONE  
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REGULATES METABOLIC RATE   T3 AND T4  
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THE ONLY HORMONE THAT LOWERS BLOOD GLUCOSE   INSULIN  
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STIMULATES THE BREAST TO PRODUCE MILK; ALSO CALLED LACTOGENIC HORMONE   PROLACTIN  
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THE HORMONAL COMPONENT OF THE FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT RESPONSE   EPINEPHRINE  
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THE NEUROHYPOPHYSEAL HORMONE THAT CONTROLS WATER BALANCE   ADH  
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STIMULATES THE ADRENAL CORTEX TO SECTETE STEROIDS   ACTH  
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ALSO CALLED SOMATOTROPIC HORMONE   GROWTH HORMONE  
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THE MINERALOCORTICOID THAT IS CALLED THE SALT-RETAINING HORMONE   ADOSTERONE  
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SECRETES RELEASING HORMONES INTO THE PORTAL CAPILLARIES, COMPOSED OF NERVOUS TISSUE, AND SYNTHESIZES ADH AND OXYTOCIN   HYPOTHALAMUS  
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ACTH, TSH, AND GONADOTROPINS ARE SECRETED BY THE......   ADENOHYPOPHYSIS  
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SECRETED BY THE ADRENAL CORTEX IN RESPONSE TO ACTH....   CORTISOL  
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WHAT DOES THE ADRENAL MEDULLA SECRETE?   CATECHOLAMINES  
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THIS IS A MINERALOCORTICOID SECRETED BY THE ADRENAL CORTEX   ALODSTERONE  
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THIS SECRETES BOTH INSULIN AND GLUCAGON   PANCREAS  
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WHAT DOES INSULIN DO?   LOWERS BLOOD GLUCOSE  
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AS PLASMA LEVELS OF CALCIUM DECREASE, WHAT HAPPENS TO PTH?   IT'S SECRETED  
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THIS IS A CONSEQUENCE OF A DEFICIENCY OF PTH   HYPOCALCEMIC TETANY  
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THIS LOWERS PLASMA CALCIUM   CALCITONIN  
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SUPPRESSES THE SECRETION OF ACTH, ELEVATED....   PLASMA CORTISOL  
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WHAT DOES GROWTH HORMONE, CORTISOL, AND EPINEPHRINE DO TO BLOOD GLUCOSE?   RAISES IT  
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ALSO CALLED LACTOGENIC HORMONE, SECRETED BY THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND, AND STIMULATES THE MAMMARY GLAND TO MAKE MILK   PROLACTIN  
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THESE ARE SECRETED BY THE ADRENAL MEDULLA, ARE CATECHOLAMINES, AND PARTICIPATE IN THE FIGHT-OR FLIGHT RESPONSE   EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE  
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CONCERNED WITH "SUGAR, SALT, AND SEX"   CORTISOL, ALDOSTERONE, AND TESTOSTERONE  
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A DEFICIENCY OF DIETARY IODINE IMPAIRS THE SYNTHESIS OF WHAT? (T'S)   T3 AND T4  
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LOWERS BLOOD SUGAR, SYNTHESIS OF PROTEIN, AND FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS   INSULIN  
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WHAT KIND OF HORMONE ARE T3, T4, AND CALCITONIN?   THYROID HORMONES  
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ESTROGEN AND ROPGESTERONE ARE SECRETED BY WHAT?   THE OVARIES  
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A DIFICIENCY OF ADH IS MOST LIKELY TO INDUCE WHAT?   POLYURIA  
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WHAT DOES OSTEOCLASTIC ACTIVITY ELEVATE?   PLASMA CALCIUM  
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CAUSES GLUCOSURIA AND POLYURIA   HYPERGLYCEMIA  
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CATECHOLAMINES AND STEROIDS ARE SECRETED BY WHAT GLAND?   ADRENAL GLAND  
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PERSISTENT LONG-TERM STIMULATION OF THE THYROID GLAND BY TSH IS MOST LIKELY TO CAUSE?   GOITER  
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MAY BE CAUSED BY STEROID (PREDNISONE) THERAPY   CUSHING'S SYNDROME  
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POLYURIA, POLYDIPSIA, AND POLYPHAGIA ARE CAUSED BY LONG-TERM DIFICIENCY OF WHAT?   INSULIN (DIABETES MELLITUS)  
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CRETINISM, MYXEDEMA, AND GRAVES' DISEASES ARE WHAT TYPE OF DISORDERS?   THYROID  
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MOST LIKELY TO EXPAND BLOOD VOLUME?   ALDOSTERONE  
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ABRUPT, SUDDEN WITHDRAWAL OF PREDNISONE (CORTISOL) IS MOST LIKELY TO CAUSE?   ACUTE ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY  
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DEVELOPS WITH AN INSULIN DEFICIT   GLUCONEOGENESIS  
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INSULIN IS RELEASED PRIMARILY IN RESPONSE TO...   INCREASED BLOOD SUGAR  
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DESCRIPTION OF THE HEPATIC CONVERSION OF PROTEIN-BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS INTO GLUCOSE, IS CALLED?   GLUCONEOGENESIS  
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VIRILIZATION IS MOST LIKELY TO BE OBSERVED IN THIS CONDITION   EXCESS STEROIDS SUCH AS PREDNISONE  
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CAUSES OSTEOPOROSIS AND VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURES FROM PROLONGED USE OF, WHAT?   GLUCOCORTICOIDS  
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HORMONES THAT ARE "AIMED AT" A TARGET   TROPIC HORMONES  
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TYPE OF GLANDS THAT SECRETE INTO DUCTS; EXAMPLES INCLUDE SWEAT GLANDS, SEBACEOUS GLANDS, AND GLANDS THAT SECTETE DIGESTIVE ENZYMES   EXOCRINE GLANDS  
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TYPE OF GLANDS THAT SECRETE HORMONES; CALLED DUCTLESS GLANDS   ENDOCRINE GLANDS  
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AN EXAMPLE IS THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE   BIORHYTHM(S)  
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DESCRIBES A SPECIFIC TISSUE OR ORGAN TO WHICH A HORMONE BINDS   TARGET TISSUE (ORGAN)  
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BETA AND ALPHA CELLS OF THE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS   PANCREAS  
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GONADS THAT SECRETE ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE   OVARIES  
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SECRETES T3, T4 AND CALCITONIN   THYROID GLAND  
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SECRETES RELEASIGN HORMONES   HYPOTHALMUS  
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TARGET GLAND FOR ACHT   ADRENAL CORTEX  
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GLAND THAT ENLARGES AS A GOITER   THYROID GLAND  
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USES IODINE TO SYNTHESIZE ITS HORMONES   THYROID GLAND  
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GLANDS THAT ARE SOMETIMES EBEDDED WITHIN THE THYROID GLAND; REMOVAL CAUSES HYPOCALCEMIC TETANY   PARATHYROID GLANDS  
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EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE; SYMPATHOMIMETIC HORMONES   CATECHOLAMINES  
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PANCREATIC HORMONE THAT INCREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE   GLUCAGON  
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HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES THAT CONTROL THE HORMONAL SECTETION OF THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND   RELEASING HORMONES  
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