Endocrine System

Question 1

Endocrine system

Answer 1

Secreted directly into the blood stream- distant

Question 2

Exocrine system

Answer 2

Carry out through ducts-local

Question 3

Hypothalamus

Answer 3

Part of the diencephalon
Interface btwn brain and endocrine

Question 4

Infundibulum

Answer 4

Connection to pituitary gland

Question 5

What is the portal system?

Answer 5

A bunch of blood vessels that send messages from he hypothalamus to the anterior pituitary gland

Question 6

Modified nerve fibers

Answer 6

Send messages from the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary gland

Question 7

What does the hypothalamus make?

Answer 7

Oxytocin and ADH (Antidiuretic Hormone)

Question 8

Anterior pituitary gland

Answer 8

Adenohypophysis

Question 9

What makes up the Adenohypophysis?

Answer 9

Glandular tissue

Question 10

How many hormones does the Adenohypophysis make?

Answer 10

7 hormones

Question 11

Whatever are the big 7?

Answer 11

Growth hormone (GH)
Prolactin
Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Melanocyte hormone (MSH)
Luteinizing hormone (LH)

Question 12

What does the neurohypophysis store?

Answer 12

Oxytocin and Antidiuretic hormone

Question 13

Thyroid gland

Answer 13

Located on either side of the larynx
Made up of 1000s of follicles

Question 14

Parafollicular cells

Answer 14

Aka C cells
Mass group of cells outside the follicle
Produces calcitonin

Question 15

Follicle

Answer 15

Hollow center =colloid
Makes T3 & T4

Question 16

Thyroid gland produces what hormones?

Answer 16

Calcitonin
T3 & T4

Question 17

Parathyroid gland

Answer 17

Little pimple like structure on or near the thyroid
Produces parathyroid hormone (PTH)

Question 18

Adrenal gland

Answer 18

Located in the Retroperitoneal
Cranial and medial to the kidneys

Question 19

What makes up the adrenal gland?

Answer 19

Cortex and medulla

Question 20

Cortex

Answer 20

All around the gland
Zona glomerulosa, Zona fasciulata, Zona reticularis

Question 21

Medulla

Answer 21

Core
Have more blood vessels

Question 22

Zona glomerulosa

Answer 22

Mineralcoritcoid

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Zona fasciculata

Answer 23

Glucocorticoid

Question 24

Zona reticularis

Answer 24

Androgens

Question 25

Adrenal medulla

Answer 25

Epinephrine Norepinephrine

Question 26

What does the adrenal medulla respond to?

Answer 26

Sympathetic nervous system

Question 27

Where is the pancreas located?

Answer 27

Lying alongside the duodenum

Question 28

Pancreas deals with what two systems?

Answer 28

Endocrine and exocrine

Question 29

Endocrine functions in the pancreas are performed by?

Answer 29

Islets of langerhans

Question 30

Pancreatic islets produce

Answer 30

Insulin Glucagon Somatostatin

Question 31

Testes produce

Answer 31

Testosterone

Question 32

Ovaries have?

Answer 32

Follicles and corpus luteum

Question 33

Ovary follicles produce?

Answer 33

Estrogen

Question 34

Corpus luteum produces

Answer 34

Progesterone

Question 35

Answer 35

Adenohypophysis

Question 36

Answer 36

Neurohypophysis

Question 37

Answer 37

Islets of langerhans

Question 38

Answer 38

Layers of Zona

Question 39

Answer 39

Parafollicular cells and colloids

Question 40

All the glands

Answer 40

Pituitary Thyroid Adrenal Parathyroid Pancreas Testes Ovaries

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Pituitary hormones anterior & posterior

Answer 41

Adrenocorticotropic hormone Melanocyte stimulating hormone Thyroid stimulating hormone Luteinizing hormone Growth hormone Follicle stimulating hormone Prolactin Antidiuretic Oxytocin

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Thyroid hormones

Answer 42

T3& T4 Oxytocin

Question 43

Adrenal hormones

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Mineralocorticoid Androgens Glucocorticoid

Question 44

Parathyroid hormones

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Parathyroid hormone

Question 45

Pancreas hormones

Answer 45

Somatostatin Glucagon Insulin

Question 46

Testes hormones

Answer 46

Testosterone

Question 47

Ovaries hormones

Answer 47

Estrogen Progesterone