Endocrine System: Organs & Overview

Question 1

What is the major purpose of the Endocrine System?

Answer 1

Maintaining homeostasis; regulate processes such as growth & human development

Question 2

What does the Endocrine System as a whole release?

Answer 2

Hormones

Question 3

What is a target cell?

Answer 3

A specific cell that hormones travel to (with specific receptors)

Question 4

What happens when a hormone binds to a target cell?

Answer 4

Induces a response in that cell

Question 5

Hormones of Pituitary Gland (Anterior Lobe)

Answer 5

TSH, ACTH, GH, PRL, FSH, LH,

Question 6

Hormones of Pituitary Gland (Posterior Lobe)

Answer 6

OT, ADH

Question 7

Hormones of Thyroid

Answer 7

T3, T4, CT

Question 8

Hormones of Adrenal Gland (Cortex)

Answer 8

Cortisol, Aldosterone, Androstenedione

Question 9

Hormones of Adrenal Gland (Medulla)

Answer 9

Epinephrine, Norepinephrine

Question 10

Hormones of Placenta (Female Only)

Answer 10

Estrogen, Progesterone, HCG

Question 11

Hormones of Ovary (Female Only)

Answer 11

Estrogens, Progestins, Inhibin

Question 12

Hormones of Pineal Gland

Answer 12

Melatonin

Question 13

Hormones of Parathyroid Glands

Answer 13

PTH (Parathyroid Hormone)

Question 14

Hormones of Pancreas

Answer 14

Insulin, Glucagon

Question 15

Hormones of Testis

Answer 15

Mainly Testosterone

Question 16

What is a gland?

Answer 16

An organ that secretes something

Question 17

What major processes do hormones control?

Answer 17

Reproduction, Growth & Development, Maintenance of Homeostasis, Regulation of Metabolism, Bodies Immune Response

Question 18

How do hormones travel around the body?

Answer 18

In the blood stream

Question 19

What are the effects that hormones have?

Answer 19

Synthesis of proteins, Activation (or inactivation) of Enzymes, Mitosis, Changes in permeability in regards to cell membrane or electrical state

Question 20

A series of chemical events in a cell

Answer 20

Cascade

Question 21

What are some stimuli that trigger or inhibit hormonal release?

Answer 21

Other hormones; nerve impulses, levels of certain ions in the blood, amount of hormones in blood