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ENDOCRINE SYSTEM Flashcards

1
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The Endocrine Sys. is a ____ type of system of the body

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regulating

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The endocrine system regulates the… (6)

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  • growth of tissues
  • repair of tissues
  • the use of foods
  • resistance to stress
  • pH of fluids
  • reproduction
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What does the Endocrine glands secrete?

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Hormones

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Hormones are secreted directly into…?

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Capillaries

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5
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What circulates the blood throughout the body?

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Hormones

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Hormones exert very specific effects on what tyoe of organs?

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Target organs

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Hormones are classified by their structure into 3 groups

Name the groups:

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  • Amines
  • Proteins
  • Steroids
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Define Amines

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-simple hormones
-structural variations of the amino acid tryosine
ex// thyroxine, epinephrine & norepinephrine

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Define Proteins

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-chains of amino acids

ex// Insulin (pancreas), growth hormone (anterior pituitary gland), calcitonin (thyroid)

  • short chains of amino acids are called peptides
  • ADH, oxytocin (hypothalmus)
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Define Steroids

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cholesterol is the precursor (comes before) for cortisol, aldosterone (adrenal cortex), estrogen, progesterone (gonads)

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What do the cells of the endocrine glands respond to?

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to changes in the blood or other hormones in the blood

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12
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Explain Negative feedback mechanism

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information about the effects of the hormone is “fed back” to the gland, which then decreases its secretion of the hormone.

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13
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Insulin, GH and Glucagon are..

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proteins

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14
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ADH and oxytocin are..

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peptides

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Pituitary gland (hypophysis)

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within the sella turcica, below the hypothalamus

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Posterior pituitary gland (neurohypophysis)

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  • stores hormones produced by the hypothalamus.

- ADH and Oxytocin

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17
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Antiuretic Hormone (ADH)

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  • increases water reabsorption by the kidneys

- in large amounts causes vasoconstriction

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Result of ADH

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  • decreases urinary output
  • Increases blood volume
  • Increases BP
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Stimulus of ADH

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-nerve impulses from hypothalamus when body water decreases for any reason

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Oxytocin

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  • stimulates contraction of the myometrium during labor

- stimulates release of milk from mammary glands

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21
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Stimulus for oxytocin

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-nerve impulses from hypothalamus as cervix is stretched or suckling on nipple

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Anterior Pituitary Gland (adenohypophysis)

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  • secretions are regulated by releasing hormones from the hypothalamus
  • hormones: GH, TSH, ACTH, Prolactin
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23
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Growth Hormone (increases 4 things)

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1) increases amino acid transport into cells.
2) Increases protein synthesis.

3) Increases mitosis.
4) Increases use of fats for energy.

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24
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Stimulus for GH

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GHRH from the hypothalamus

25
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Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

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– increases secretion of thyroxine and T3.

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Stimulus for TSH

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TRH from the hypothalamus

27
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

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– increases secretion of cortisol

28
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Stimulus for ACTH

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CRH from the hypothalamus

29
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Prolactin

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-stimulates milk production

30
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Stimulus for prolactin

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PRH from the hypothalamus

31
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Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)

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-women: initiates development of ova in ovarian follicles and >secretion of estrogen.
-men: initiates sperm development in tested
>secretion of testosterone

32
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Stimulus for FSH

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GnRH from the hypothalamus

33
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Luteinizing hormone (LH)

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  • women: stimulates ovulation and secretion of progesterone.
  • men: stimulates secretion of testosterone by testes
34
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Stimulus for LH

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GnRH from the hypothalamus

35
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Pituitary Gland consists of two lobes

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1) Posterior pituitary gland

2) Anterior pituitary gland

36
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Thyroid Gland

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-Located is the front & sides of the trachea, just below the larynx

37
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What are the structural units of the thyroid gland

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-thyroid follicles which produce thyroxine(T4), & triiodothyronine (T3).

38
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what is the third hormone of the thyroid gland

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  • The 3rd hormone is calcitonin & it is secreted by parafollicular cells.
  • decreases reabsorption of calcium from bones
  • lowers blood calcium level
39
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Parathyroid Gland

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  • Four glands, two on the back of each lobe on the thyroid gland
  • Produces parathyroid hormone
40
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Parathyroid hormone (PTH)

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  • antagonist to calcitonin

- Increases the reabsorption of calcium & phosphorus from bones to the blood

41
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What are the target organs for PTH

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bones, small intestine,& kidneys

42
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Pancreas

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-Located in the upper left quadrant of the abdominal cavity, extending from the curve of the duodenum to the spleen

43
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Pancreatic Islets

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  • in Islets of Langerhans

- the hormone-producing cells that contain alpha cells (glucagon) & beta cells (insulin)

44
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Adrenal medulla

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  • fight or flight
  • Norepinephrine
  • Epinephrine
45
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Adrenal Cortex

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-secretes 3 types of steroid hormones:
1)Mineralocorticoids
2)Glucocorticoids
3)Sex hormones
estrogen, females
androgens, male

46
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Ovaries

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-Secrete steroids
Estrogen
Progesterone

47
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Estrogen

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  • promotes the maturation of the ovum in the ovarian follicle
  • stimulates the growth of blood vessels in the endometrium
  • responsible for the secondary sex characteristics
48
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Progesterone

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  • promotes the storage of glycogen
  • enhances growth of blood vessels in the uterus
  • develops the secretory cells of the mammary glands
49
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Inhibin

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-decreases the secretion of FSH by the anterior pituitary gland

50
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Testes

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  • Located in the scrotum

- Secrete testosterone & inhibin

51
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Testosterone

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  • promotes the maturation of sperm

- stimulates the development of male secondary sex characteristics.

52
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Inhibin

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  • decreases the secretion of FSH

- maintains spermatogenesis at a constant rate

53
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Melatonin

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  • secreted by the pineal gland;

- stimulates the onset of sleep & increases its duration

54
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Prostagladins

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-made by all cells from the phospholipids of their cell membrane

55
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A hormone affects cells that..

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that have receptors for it

56
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The receptors may be part of the cell membrane or within the…

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nucleus or cytoplasm of the target cell

57
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Once the hormone ______ has bonded on or in its target cell it stimulates the formation of ________

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  • (1st messenger)

- cyclic AMP (2nd messenger)

58
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Cyclic AMP

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activates the cell’s enzymes to bring about the cells characteristics response to a hormone

59
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Affects of Aging

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  • decreased secretions
  • decreased muscle mass
  • increase in fat storage
  • lower basal metabolic rate

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