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Chapter 7 The Endocrine System— Endocrinology Flashcards

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What structure in your brain makes and releases many hormones

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Hypothalamus

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The hypothalamus sends hormones into what ?

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The blood that travels directly to the anterior pituitary gland

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Hormones from the anterior pituitary gland stimulate other endocrine glands such as…?

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the thyroid gland, adrenal glands, and gonads

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Gland

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Aden/o

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adrenal

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Adren/o, Adrenal/o

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cortex (outer)

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Cortic/o

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testes; ovaries

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Gonad/o

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pancreas

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Pancreat/o

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pituitary

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pituitar/o, hypophsy/o

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thymus

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Thym/o

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thyroid

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Thyr/o, Thyroid/o

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sugar

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gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o

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secretes in blood

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crin/o

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14
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secretes outside of blood

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exocrine

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The main signal senders in the endocrine system are

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the endocrine glands which include the hypothalamus,pituitary,thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas, and gonads (ovaries and testicles)

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Endocrine glands specifically send chemical signals to different parts of the body in the form of

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hormones

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hormones cause

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slower, subtler changes than the nervous system, which uses electric signals

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aden/o

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gland

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adren/o, adrenal/o

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adrenal gland

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cortic/o

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outer surface

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gonad/o

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gonads (sex organs)

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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pituitar/o, hypophys/o

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pituitary gland

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thym/o

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thymus

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thyr/o, thyroid/o

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thyroid

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gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o

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sugar

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crin/o

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to secrete

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hormone

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hormon/o

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ketone body

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ket/o

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-tropin

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stimulating hormone

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emia

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blood condition

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uria

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urine condition

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adenalgia

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aden/algia
gland/pain
pain in a gland

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adrenal virilism

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adrenal viril/ism
gland man/condition
development of male secondary sexual characteristics caused by excessive secretion of the adrenal gland.

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adrenarche

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adren/arche
gland/ beginning
beginning of adrenal secretion (at puberty)

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hirsutism

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excessive growth of facial and body hair in women

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amenorrhea

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a/meno/rrhea
no/menstrual/ flow
lack of menstrual flow

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gynecomastia

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gyneco/mast/ia
women/breast/condition
development of breast tissue in males

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hypergonadism

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hyper/gonad/ism
over/gonad/condition
condition in which there is excessive secretion of the sex glands

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hypogonadism

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hypo/gonad/ism
under/gonad/condition
condition in which there is undersecretion of the sex glands

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menarche

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men/arche
menstrual/beginning
beginning or first menstruation

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thelarche

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thel/arche
breast/beginning
beginning of breast development

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hypoglycemic

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hypo/glyc/em/ic
under/sugar/blood/condition
pertaining to low blood sugar

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pancreatalgia

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pancreat/algia
pancreas/pain
pain in the pancreas

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polydipsia

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poly/dips/ia
excessive/thirst/condition
excessive thirst

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polyphagia

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poly/phag/ia
excessive/eat/ condition
excessive eating

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polyuria

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poly/uria
excessive urine condition
excessive urination

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acromegaly

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acro/megaly
extremities/abnormal enlargement
abnormal enlargement of the extremities

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galactorrhea

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galacto/rrhea
milk/discharge
discharge of milk

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pituitary dwarfism

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abnormally short height caused by undersecretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland

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pituitary gigantism

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abnormally tall height caused by oversecreation of growth hormone from the pituitary gland

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exophthalmos

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ex/ophthalmos
out/eye
protrusion of the eyes out of the eye socket

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