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| What two system work together to maintain homeostasis? | The Endocrine and Nervous systems.
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| What are endocrine glands and what is their main function? | They are ductless glands that secrete hormones directly to the blood stream.
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| What is the main function of hormones? | To control internal enviroment of the body from the cellular levvel to the organ level of organzation.
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| Define the Hypothalamus. | inferior part of diencephalon. plays a major role in controling secretions from the pituiatry gland.
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| What is the name fiven to the pituitary gland? | The master gland.
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| What stuctures make up the endocrine glands? | pituitary gland, pineal gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, thymus gland, the adrenal glands, islers of langernans of pancreas, ovaries in women and testes in men.
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| What does growth hormone do? | Stimulates cell metabolism in most issues of the body causing cells to divide and increase in size.
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| What major condidtion can occur when a person suffers from a low GH level? | A conditon known as pituitary dwarfism.
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| What hormone stimulates the adrenal cortex to secrete it's hormone called cortisol? | Adrenocorticotropic hormone.
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| What produces melanin in melanocytes in the skin thus causing a deepening pigmentation or darkening of the skin? | Melanocyte-stimulating hormone.
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| What hormone produces developement of follicles in the ovaries of females? | Follicle-stimulating hormone.
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| What stimulates ovulation in the female sex hormone progesterone? | Lutenizing hormone.
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| What is another name for lactogenic hormone? | Prolactin.
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| describe the main function of oxytocin. | Stimulates contraction of smooth muscles in the wall of the uterus.
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| What is the name of the small band tha tconnects the two lobes of the thyroid gland? | Isthumus.
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| What substance does the thyroid gland need to function properly? | Iodine.
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| What condition appears from too much secretion of thyroid hormone? | Hyperthyroidism.
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| What type of hyperthyroidisn is caused by overproduction of thyroid hormone? | Graves disease.
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| Bulging of the eyeballs is known as? | Expothalmia.
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| What hormone lowers calcium and phosphate ion concentration of the blood? | Calcitonin.
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| What is the inner part of each gland called? | Adrenal medulla.
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| Cortosine is used for what purpose? | To reduce inflammation and treatment of arthritis.
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| Adrenal sex hormones are known as? | Androgens.
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| What sidease is a result from the adrenal cortex fails to produce enough hormones? | Addison's disease.
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| What is the difference between alpha cells and beta cells? | Alpha cell secrete glucagon and beta cells secrete insulin.
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| In addition to producing exocrine glands what do the male testes produce? | Endocrine glands.
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| What is the name of the biloped mass of tissue found in the mediastunum behind the sternum between the lungs? | Thymus gland.
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| What hormone is secreted by the pineal gland? | Melatonin.
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| What is the main function of the neurotransmitter serotonin? | Stimulates smooth muscles contraction and inhibits gastric secretions.
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