Week 5 Endocrine system

Question 1

Endocrine system function?

Answer 1

Controls and coordinates body processes

Question 2

5 types of intercellular communication

Answer 2

Direct
paracrine
autocrine
endocrine 
synaptic

Question 3

3 classes of hormones

Answer 3

amino acid
Peptide
lipid

Question 4

Define down and up regulation

Answer 4

Down regulation - Presence of a hormone triggers a decrease in the number of hormone receptors
up - regulation (opposite)

Question 5

6 glands in the endocrine system

Answer 5

Pituitary 
Thyroid 
Parathyroid
Adrenal
Pineal 
Pancreas

Question 6

When a cell receives instructions from two hormones at the same time, what r the 4 outcomes?

Answer 6

antagonistic
Synergistic
Permissive
Integrative

Question 7

4 hormones important to growth?

Answer 7

Growth
Thyroid
Insulin
Reproductive

Question 8

Define stress

Answer 8

Any condition that threatens homeostasis

Question 9

3 stages of homeostasis

Answer 9

Alarm
Resistance
Exhaustion

Question 10

Alarm phase

Answer 10

Body prepares “fight or flight” response

Question 11

Resistance phase?

Answer 11

Glucose is conserved for use by nervous tissue

Question 12

Exhaustion phase?

Answer 12

Failure of one or more organ systems will be fatal

Question 13

Function of insulin

Answer 13

Allows passage of glucose and amino acids across plasma membrane

Question 14

parathyroid hormone function

Answer 14

Promote absorption of calcium salts from bloodstream for deposition in bone

Question 15

Reproductive hormone function

Answer 15

Stimulate cell growth and differentiation in target tissues

Question 16

Pituitary gland function

Answer 16

secrete hormones into the bloodstream

Question 17

Thyroid gland function

Answer 17

helps regulate many body function

Question 18

Parathyroid gland function

Answer 18

controls calcium within the blood

Question 19

Adrenal gland function

Answer 19

produces hormones

Regulates metabolism, immune system, blood pressure

Question 20

Pineal gland function

Answer 20

Regulates hormones

Question 21

Pancreas gland function

Answer 21

Converts food into fuel food

Question 22

Define hyperglycemia

Answer 22

Abnormally high glucose levels in the blood