endocrine system-a&p Word Scramble
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3 types of stimuli of endocrine glands | hormonal,humoral,neural |
this type of stimuli, the endocrine glands are activated by other hormones | hormonal stimuli |
this type of stimuli is when changing blood levels of certain ions stimulate hormone release. | humoral stimuli |
this type of stimuli is when nerve impulses stimulate hormone release | neural stimuli |
2 lobes the pituitary gland is divided into | anterior and posterior |
called the master endocrine gland | pituitary gland |
this gland hangs by a stalk from the hypothalamus | pituitary gland |
number of hormones released by the anterior pituitary gland | six |
the two hormones of the anterior pituitary gland that affect non-endocrine targets | growth hormone and prolactin |
this hormones major effects are directed to growth of skeletal muscles and long bones | growth hormone |
hyposecretion of growth hormone will result in this | pituitary dwarfism |
this results from hypersecretion of GH during childhood | giantism |
acromegaly results from: | hypersecretion of GH during adulthood. |
stimulates and maintains milk production following childbirth | prolactin |
regulates endocrine activity of the adrenal cortex | ACTH |
influences growth and activity of the thyroid gland | TSH |
triggers ovulation of an egg in females | lutenizing hormone |
triggers testosterone production in males | lutenizing hormone |
hypothalamus produces these 2 hormones | oxytocin,antidiuretic hormone |
stimulates contraction of the uterus during labor, sexual relations, and breastfeeding, also causes milk ejection in an a nursing woman | oxytocin |
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