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| catecholamine secreted by adrenal medulla that increases heart rate and blood pressure, dilates bronchial tubes, and releases glucose from glycogen when the body needs it for more energy |
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| glucose in its stored form |
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| another name for noradrenaline |
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| catecholamine that is released by the adrenal medulla to constrict blood vessels to raise blood pressure |
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| agent that mimics the actions of the sympathetic nervous system |
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| epinephrine, norepinephrine |
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| two catecholamine hormones that are sympathomimetic agents |
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| located near and partly behind the stomach in the region of the first and second lmbar vertebrae; 98% of it is comprised of exocrine cells |
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| specialized hormone-producing cells in the endocrine tissue of the pancreas |
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| organ that has both exocrine and endocrine tissues |
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| produced by beta cells in the islets of Langerhans |
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| produced by alpha cells in the islets of Langerhns |
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| two things produced by the islet of Langerhans that help regulate blood glucose |
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| starch storage form of sugar |
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| helps lower blood sugar by helping it enter body cells and converting glucose to glycogen |
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| raises blood sugar by acting on liver cells to promote conversion fo glycogen back to glucose |
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| another name for hypophysis |
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| small pea-sized gland located at the base of the brain in the sella turcica |
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| small pocket-like depression of the skull that houses the pituitary gland |
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| another name for adenohypophysis |
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| another name for neurohypophysis |
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| anterior lobe, posterior lobe |
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| What are the two parts of the pituitary gland? |
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| part of the pituitary gland that is composed of glandular epithelial tissue |
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| part of the pituitary gland that is composed of nervous tissue |
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| region of the brain under the thalamus and above the pituitary gland, controlling secretions of the pituitary gland by sending hormones to the anterior lobe |
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| called the "master gland" |
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What are the hormones of the anterior pituitary gland?
a) growth hormone
b) thyroid-stimulating hormone
c) adrenocorticotropic hormone
d) gonadotropic hormones
e) prolactin
f) antidiuretic hormone
g) oxytocin
h) all of the above |
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What are the two hormones released by the posterior pituitary gland?
a) growth hormone
b) thyroid-stimulating hormone
c) adrenocorticotropic hormone
d) gonadotropic hormones
e) prolactin
f) antidiuretic hormone
g) oxytocin
h) all of the above
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| What somatotropin is also known as |
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