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What does the adrenal cortex secrete

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Mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids and androgens

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Stimulates gluconeogenesis, and causing an increase in blood glucose

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Glucocorticoid

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Stimulates sex drive in females but not really in Males

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Androgens

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Where does aldosterone come from

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Mineralocorticoids

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What does the adrenal medulla secrete

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Epinephrine and norepinephrine

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Epinephrine and norepinephrine

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Stimulates the sympathetic nervous system Response during stress and activates fight or flight response

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What does the pancreas (Islets) secrete

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Glucagon and insulin

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Glucagon

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Increase in blood glucose concentration

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Insulin

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Decrease in blood glucose concentration

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What do the ovary secretes

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Estrogens and progesterone

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progesterone

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Promotes conditions required for pregnancy

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Estrogens

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Promotes maintenance of female sexual characteristics

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What does the testis secret

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Testosterone

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Testosterone

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Maintenance of male sexual characteristics

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What does the thymus secrete

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Thymosins

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Development of immune system cells

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Thymosins

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Promotes development required during early pregnancy

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Placenta

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18
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What does the pineal gland secret

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Melatonin

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19
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Melatonin

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Help regulate the body’s internal clock and sleep cycles

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20
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Controls how hungry or full we feel

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Leptin

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Affects energy balance (metabolism)

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Ghrelin

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What are the tropic hormones

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TSH, ACTH, FSH, LH

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TSH

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Thyroid stimulating hormone

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ACTH

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Adrenocorticotropic hormone

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FSH
Follicle stimulating hormone
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LH
Luteinizing hormone
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Thyroid stimulating hormone
Stimulates secretion of thyroid hormones
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone
Stimulates adrenal cortex secretion of hormones
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Follicle stimulating hormone
Women: Helps in development of ovarian follicles and secretion of estrogen Males: help testes to grow and produce sperm
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Female: helps in developing maturation of ovarian follicles and ovum: triggers ovulation
Luteinizing hormone
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Helps develops corpus luteum (golden body)
Luteinizing hormone (LH)
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stimulates interstitial cells of the testes to secrete testerone
Luteinizing hormone (LH)
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What does the anterior pituitary secrete
TSH, ACTH, FSH, LH, Growth hormone and prolactin
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Stimulate growth in all hormones
Growth hormones: increase in blood glucose concentration and slows glucose catabolism
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Stimulates breast development during pregnancy and milk production after childbirth
Prolactin
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What is secreted by the posterior pituitary
ADH (Antidiuretic hormones) and oxytocin
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Helps with retention of water by the kidneys
Anti-diuretics hormones
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Stimulates uterine contractions at the end of pregnancy; stimulates movement of milk into the breast ducts
Oxytocin
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What does the hypothalamus secrete
Releasing and inhibiting hormone
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What does the thyroid secrete
T3 and T4 and calcitonin
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Causes a decrease in blood calcium concentration
Calcitonin
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Causes an increase in blood calcium concentration
Parathyroid
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Homeostatic mechanism that regulates the release of hormones
Negative feedback
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Tissue hormones
Prostaglandin
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An example of second messenger
Cyclic AMP
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Responds to particular hormones
Target organ cells
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First messengers
Nonsteroid hormones
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What disease is caused by hypo secretion of ADH
Diabetes Insipidus
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The actual production of OT and ADH takes place in the
Hypothalamus
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What does the hypothalamus help out with
Appetite, body temp, releasing hormone
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What is the storage medium for the thyroid
Colloid
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For thyroxine to be produced in adequate amounts what must the diet contain sufficient amount of
Iodine
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What secretes calcitonin
The thyroid gland
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What does the parathyroid secrete
Parathyroid hormone
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Regulate electrolyte and fluid homeostasis
Mineralocorticoids
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The adrenal medulla may help the body resist
Stress
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cushing syndrome happen in the
adrenal cortex
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Classes of PG’s
PGA, PGE, PGF
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Where are the alpha cells and beta cells located
Pancreatic islets
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What do the beta cells produce
Insulin
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Chorion is produced by what
The placenta
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Found in placenta
Estrogen, progesterone and chorionic gonadotropin
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Islet of Langerhans
Pancreas
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Cortisol
Glucocorticoid: adrenal cortex
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Hyper secretion of cortisol
Cushing syndrome
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