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endocrine system
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04/02/2009

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ENDOCRINE GLAND
Definition
A DUCTLESS GLAND THAT PRODUCES AN INTERNAL SECRETION DISCHARGED INTO THE BLOOD OR LYMPH AND CIRCULATED TO ALL PARTS OF THE BODY
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ENDOCRINOLOGY
Definition
THE SCIENCE STUDYING THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
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EXOCRINE GLAND
Definition
A GLAND WHOSE SECRETION REACHES AN EPITHELIAL SURFACE EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH A DUCT
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HYPERSECRETION
Definition
EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF HORMONES ARE SECRETED
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HORMONE
Definition
A SUBSTANCE CONTAINING AMINO ACID WHICH ORIGINATES IN AN ORGAN OR GLAND, MOVES THROUGH THE BLOOD TO ANOTHER PART OF THE BODY, AND STIMULATES IT (BY CHEMICAL ACTION) TO INCREASED ACTIVITY AND SECRETION
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS
Definition
TO SECRETE HORMONES
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PYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AFFECTED BY HORMONES
Definition
RATE OF METABOLISM, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES, DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTIONING OF THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, ABILITY OF BODY TO MEET CONDITIONS OF STRESS, SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND LIBIDO, RESISTANCE TO DISEASE, DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER MENTAL FUNCTIONS
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STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE PITUITARY GLAND
Definition
ALSO CALLED THE HYPOPHYSIS CABEBRI, IS SMALL, GRAY ROUNDED BODY ATTACHED TO THE BASE OF THE BRAIN BY A STALK
Term
posterior lobe of pituitary gland
Definition
scretes 2 hormones, produced by the hypothalamus
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ANOTHER NAME FOR THE PITUITARY GLAND
Definition
MASTER GLAND, BECAUSE IT INFLUENCES OTHER GLANDS
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HOW MANY LOBES IS THE PITUITARY GLAND DIVIDED INTO
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2- ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR LOBES WHICH HAVE SEPARATE FUNCTIONS
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HOW IS THE POSTERIOR LOBE CONNECTED TO THE HYPOTHALAMUS
Definition
THROUGH THE STALK
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WHAT HORMONES ARE SECRETED FROM THE POSTERIOR LOBE OF THE PITUITARY GLAND
Definition
VASOPRESSIN (AND STORED) and OXYTOCIN (AND STORED)
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WHAT HORMONES ARE GONADATROPIC
Definition
FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH), LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH), AND LUTEOTROPIC HORMONE (LTH)
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WHAT HORMONE IS FOUND BETWEEN THE LOBES
Definition
MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE (MSH)
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LUTEINIZING HORMONE
Definition
INDUCES SECRETION OF ESTROGENS, OVULATION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORUS LUTEUM
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OXYTOCIN
Definition
HORMONE THAT STIMULATES THE UTERUS TO CONTRACT AND RELEASE MILK FROM THE MAMARY GLANDS
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LUTEOTROPIC HORMONE
Definition
MAINTAINS MATURE CORPORA LUTEA, INDUCES SECRETION OF PROGESTERONE, AND INDUCES SECRETION OF MILK IN A FULLY DEVELOPED MAMARY GLAND
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MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE
Definition
INFLUENCES MELANIN FORMATION
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FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE
Definition
FSH- STIMULATES DEVELOPMENT OF OVARIAN FOLLICLES AND SPERMATOGENESIS IN THE TESTES
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SOMATATROPIC HORMONE
Definition
REGULATES GROWTH
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THYROTROPIC HORMONE
Definition
REGULATES FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE THYROID GLAND
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VASOPRESSIN
Definition
ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE - INDUCES CONTRACTION OF SMOOTH MUSCLES OF THE BLOOD VESSELS AFFECTING BLOOD PRESSURE; PREVENTS EXCESSIVE LOSS OF WATER THROUGH THE KIDNEYS; CAUSES REABSORPTION OF WATER IN THE NEPHRON TUBULES
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ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE
Definition
REGULATES FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE ADRENAL CORTEX
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GONADOTROPIC HORMONES
Definition
FSH, LUTEOTROPIC, AND LUTEINIZING
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STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE THYROID
Definition
1. LARGEST OF ALL ENDOCRINE GLANDS 2. GLANDULAR STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF 2 LOBES ON EITHER SIDE OF TRACHEA CONNECTED IN THE MIDLINE BY THE ISTHMUS (RIGHT AND LEFT) 3. SECRETES THYROXINE 4. IODINE MUST BE PRESENT IN SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS IN THE BODY IN ORDER FOR THYROXINE TO BE SYNTHESIZED 5. THYROID HORMONE TRANSPORTED IN BLOOD BY BINDING ITSELF TO PROTEINS, 6. AID IN REGULATING METABOLISM, (CARBOHYDRATES AND FAT)7. AFFECT SOMATOTROPIN SECRETION AND FUNCTION (GROWTH)
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STATEMENTS CONCERNING ADRENAL GLANDS
Definition
1. ALSO CALLED SUPRAL RENALS 2. SUPERIOR TO THE KIDNEYS FITTING LIKE A CAP, CORTEX IS OUTER MEDULLA IS INNER, ADRENAL CORTEX IS ESSENTIAL TO LIFE, COMPLETE REMOVAL OF BOTH ADRENALS WOULD RESULT IN DEATH UNLESS SUBSTITUTE HORMONES ARE ADMINISTERED TO THE INDIVIDUAL
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WHAT IS THE THYROID HORMONE REQUIRED FOR
Definition
THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CNS
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WHAT IS THE THYROID HORMONE REQUIRED FOR
Definition
THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CNS
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HOW IS THYROID FUNCTION INDICATED
Definition
BY PROTEIN BOUND IODINE (PBI) IN THE PLASMA
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STATEMENTS CONCERNING PARATHYROID GLANDS
Definition
4 SMALL BEAN SHAPED BODIES THAT LIE ON THE POSTERIOR SURFACE OF THE THYROID LOBES 2. SECRETE PARATHORMONE 3. HELPS MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS OF BLOOD CALCIUM CONCENTRATION BY PROMOTING CALCIUM ABSORPTION INTO THE BLOODK THEREBY PREVENTING HYPOCALCEMIA 4. NEUROMUSCULAR IRRITABILITY IS INVERSELY RELATED TO BLOOD CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; NEUROMUSCULAR IRRITABILITY INCREASES WHEN THE BLOOD CONCENTRATION OF CALCIUM DECREASES
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ESTROGENS
Definition
RESPONSIBLE FOR FEMALE SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THE CYCLIC CHANGES IN THE VAGINA AND UTERUS
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EPINEPHRINE
Definition
DILATES ARTERIES INCREASES HEART ACTIVITY, DILATES BRONCHI, INCREASES LEVEL OF GLUCOSE IN BLOOD BY STIMULATING LIVER, INCREASES AMOUNT OF FATTY ACID IN BLOOD, AND DIMINISHES ACTIVITY OF GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM (ADRENALINE)
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CORTISOL AND CORTICOSTERONE
Definition
REGULATE PRINCIPALLY CARBOHYDRATE AS WELL AS FAT AND PROTEIN METABOLISM WHICH AFFECTS ESSENTIALLY EVERY CELL IN THE BODY
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ANDROGENS
Definition
REGULATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF MALE SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS
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ALDOSTERONE
Definition
REGULATES METABOLISM OF SODIUM, CHLORIDE, AND POTASSIUM, AND THEREFORE, REGULATES WATER AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE OF THE BODY
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NOREPINEPHRINE
Definition
NON-ADRENALINE-CONSTRICTS BLOOD VESSELS
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