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The Endocrine System Flashcards

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What are the two main types of feedback loops. Explain

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Positive (stimulus enhanced)
Negative (stimulus removed)

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4 components of feedback systems

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  1. Stimulus
  2. Receptors
  3. Regulator (usually the brain)
  4. Effectors
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Definition of homeostasis

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Maintaining a constant internal environment despite changes in external environment

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Name stimulus for the release of insulin

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High blood glucose levels

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Name of stimulus for release of glucagon

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Low blood glucose levels

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How can hormones regulate internal body temp

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Thyroxine can change metabolism

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Positive feedback and example

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Birth, want it to keep going/amplifying it

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What are endocrine secretions

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When it’s released directly into bloodstream

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What is exocrine secretions

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When it’s released into a cavity or a chamber

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Definition of hormone

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Chemical that is secreted by cells in one part of the body Wich is transported to other body parts where it affects particular cells

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2 main classes of hormones based on chemical structure

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  1. Steroid
  2. Protein
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What is a steroid hormone

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Fat soluble. Example: sex hormones like testosterone and estrogen

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Protein hormone

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Water soluble, insulin, growth hormone and ADH

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Two terms used when abnormal quantities or hormones are released

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Hyposecretion (not enough) and hypersecretion (too much)

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Steroid hormones, explain how they enter and work

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They diffuse into membrane, then forms the hormone-receptor complex. Then this diffuses into the nucleus and attaches to DNA.

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How do protein hormones enter and work

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They bind to specific receptors, this activated enzymes to convert ATP into cyclic AMP

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What is cyclic AMP

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Forms from ATP after the protein hormon binds to receptor

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What is a hormone

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Chemical messenger

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What is an antagonistic hormone

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Keeps body in homeostasis, does smt then other does opposite. Example: insulin and glucagon

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What are the two structures that make the nervous system and endocrine system interact

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Hypothalamus and pituitary gland

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What does the hypothalamus do

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Regulates the secretion of pituitary gland

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The two hormones for posterior pituitary gland and their targets

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  1. Oxytocin targets mammory glands and uterus
  2. ADH targets kidney (distal tubule)
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What is ADH, where is ADH made and stored

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It’s the antidiuretic hormone, made is hypothalamus and stored in posterior pituitary gland

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When is ADH released

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When nerve impulse reach hypothalamus Wich tells the posterior pituitary gland to release ADH into blood

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What part of the kidney nephron help reabsorbe water

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Distal convoluted tubule (DCT)

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What is the function of ADH

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Conserve body water by reducing urine output and making tubule more permeable to water therefore water leaves and goes to blood

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Disease associated with ADH

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Diabetes insipidus (low ADH so no reabsorption of water)

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What detects the body’s water needs and where is it?

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Detected by the osmoreceptor in the hypothalamus

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What is a diuretic and two examples

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Coffee and alcohol, suppresses the secreation of ADH (no water reabsorption=lots of peeing)

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30
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What is the hormone of the anterior pituitary gland that increases metabolic rate and lowers blood sugars

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TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)

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What is the target of TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) and it’s function

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Target: thyroid gland
Function: stimulates thyroid gland to secrete hormone called thyroxin Wich increases metabolism

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32
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What does cellular respiration have to do with thyroxine

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Thyroxin speeding up the breakdown of glucose in cells to produce ATP

33
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What does mitochondria produce

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ATP

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What does thyroid hormone require for production

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Iodine

35
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What is a goiter

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Enlarged thyroid because of lack of iodine

36
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What is in hyper production and hypo production during a goiter

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Hypo production of thyroxin (not enough)

Hyper production of TSH (over produced because of lack of thyroxine)

37
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Two main classes of hormones based on chemical structure are:

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  1. Protein
  2. Steroid
38
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How do steroid and protein hormones enter cell

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Steroid- diffuses through membrane (form hormone receptor complex, go to nucleus then attach to genes of appropriate DNA)

Protein- attach to receptor (activates enzymes that convert ATP to cyclic AMP)

39
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The posterior pituitary gland hormones

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Oxytocin and ADH

40
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What is oxytocin

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Targets uterus and breast, stimulates uterus contractions and milk

41
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ADH

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Antidiuretic hormone, targets distal tubule in nephron, conserve body water by reducing urine output

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Disease associated with ADH

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Diabetes insipidus

43
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Diuretic examples

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Coffee and alcohol

44
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What do diuretics do

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Suppress ADH secreation = prevents water reabsorption

45
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Anterior hormones

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LH
MSH
HGH
TSH
ACTH
FSH
PRL

46
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TSH target and function

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Target: thyroid gland
Function: makes thyroid gland secrete thyroxin Wich increases metabolic rate

47
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Thyroid hormones require what for production

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Iodine

48
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What is myxedema

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Hypothyroidism in adulthood, overweight and low metabolic rate

49
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What is cretinism

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Hypothyroidism at birth, failure to develop physically and mentally

50
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HGH function and target

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Target: body tissue and bones
Function: promotes growth

51
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ACTH target and function

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Target: cortex of adrenal gland
Function: stimulates release of adrenaline, sex hormones

52
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MSH target and functions

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Melanin to protect skin

53
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FSH target and function

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Target: gonads
Functions: stimulates sperm production and stimulates egg development and estrogen secreation

54
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LH target and function

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Target: gonads
Function: release egg from ovary, produces testosterone

55
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PRL target and function

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Target: mammary glands
Function: stimulates milk production

56
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Thyroxin target and function

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Target: general body
Function: metabolic rate

57
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Calcitonin target and function

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Target: body
Function: moving calcium into bones

58
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Parathyroid glands function and target

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Target: bones
Function: calcium into blood

59
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Adrenal glands stimulated by two things

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Adrenal medulla and adrenal cortex

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Adrenal medulla

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Produces epinephrine and norepinephrine (adrenaline)

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Adrenal cortex hormones (fat based)

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  1. Glucocorticoids
  2. Mineral corticoïdes
  3. Sex steroids
62
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Glucocorticoids target and function

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Target: liver and body
Function: liver makes glucose from fats

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Mineralcorticoids target and function

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Target: kidney
Function: reabsorption of sodium=sodium in blood

64
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Disease associated with mineralcorticoids

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Addison disease, under active adrenal glands

65
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Pancreas hormones

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Islets of langerhands (alpha produces glucagon and beta produces insulin)

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Insulin target and function

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Target : liver and general
Function: lowers blood glucose (muscles store glycogen and liver converts glucose to glycogen )

67
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Glucagon target and function

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Target: liver
Function: glycogen back to glucose

68
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What gland controls secreation of anterior pituitary gland

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Hypothalamus

69
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What comes from adrenal cortex (3)

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Cortisol, aldosterone and sex steroids

70
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What does cortisol do

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Cortisol increase blood sugar by breaking down glucagon

71
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What does aldosterone do

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Long term stress response, reabsorption of sodium from nephron to put in blood

72
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What hormone raises blood calcium levels

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Parathyroid PTH

73
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What hormone raises calcium levels in bones, and what gland does it decrease from

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Calcitonin, thyroid gland

74
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What hormone targets cells to increase metabolism and body heat

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Thyroxine

75
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How to lower body heat

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Decreased thyroxin, metabolic rate goes down

76
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How to raise body heat

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Thyroxine goes up, metabolic goes up

77
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Three hormones that raise blood glucose levels

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Glucagon, adrenaline( norepinephrine and epinephrine), cortisol

78
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Two hormones that make up long term stress responses

Where does it come from

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Aldosterone and cortisol

Comes from adrenal cortex

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