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| Describe the endocrine system |
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| It is the main system that controls chemical regulation with hormone secreting cells |
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| Hormone are molecules thatare made in one organ and transported to another |
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| What are two classes of hormones? Describe them. |
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Water solunle hormones uses facilitated diffusion it atttaches to a membrane protein; its first signal changes mo;ecules shape by changing a extracellular to an intracellular signal.
Lipid solublemove into the cel by simple diffusion; can switch proteins off & on |
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| What does the thyroid gland control? |
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| Metabolic processes in the bosy; Hormone production that increases the oxygen produced |
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| Describe one of three disorders of the thyroid |
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| Hypothyroidism- underactive thyroidcaused by the bodies autoimmune system attacking it; also can be caused if the body lacks iodine |
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| What do the adrenal glands do? |
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| Enable the body to respond to stress |
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| How are adrenal glands related to long term stress |
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| Long term stress can cause the adrenal gland not to cooperate, this can cause your body to shut down as in not sleeping, not eating fatigue, headaches and much more serious stress related issues |
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| How is the adrenal gland related to short term stress |
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| Because the main part is the adrenal medulla which make sepernephrine & nor epinephrine which are involved in controlling moods attention and the nervous system. Epinephrine is what controls the response to short term stress |
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| Stimulates the sympathetic nervous system. Blood pressure, & heart rate |
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| A hormone taht promote development & improvement of all part of the body; this can lead to Dwarfism & gigantisism |
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| What is the # 1 endocrine disease |
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| The pancreas is responsible for secreting what hormone |
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| By regulating the use of carbohydrates |
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| what is glucogen and how does it work in controlling blood |
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| Glucogen is a protein hormone it helps by maintaining homeostatic balance between the amount of glucose that is available and stored as the polymer glycogen in the cells of the body |
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| What does estrogen do in the female mammal |
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| Maintains the female reproductive system & improves specific features |
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| What does proestrogen do in the female mammal |
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| prepares the buterus to be able to support a developing embryo |
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| What do the testes produce & what is the role of that hormone in the male mammal |
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| Testes produce testoterone which is responsible for the production of sperm |
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| What does the pineal gland produce |
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| Melatonin to promote sleep |
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| What does the thymus produce |
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| Explain asexual reproduction |
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| What are some of the types of asexual reproduction |
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| Budding, fission, fragmentation, & regeneration |
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| Having both male and female parts |
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| What is external fertilizatiopn |
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| Discharging of gametes into water |
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| The production of gametes, germ cells & haploid cells by meiosis |
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| production of sperm cells inside the testes occuring in the seminiferous tubes |
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| Describe oogenisis AKA the life cycle of the human egg |
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| @n oocytes @ birthmaturation of egg or two every 28-32 daysMeiosis 1 & half meiosis2 during first part of cycle, second egg 1n, polar body 1n on completion, prophase and metaphase 2of meiosis 2 produces mature ovum, a polar body development is now stopped |
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| How long is the sperm viable inside the female reproductive tract |
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| What is the difference between the ovarian cycle & the menstrual cycle in human females |
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| Ovarian cycle produces the egg and menstrual cycle prepares the uterus for possible implant |
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| Which hrmone induces the thickening of the endometrium or uterus wall |
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| What phase ofhe egg/embryo/fetus growthis the most amazing to you |
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| Process of the fetus growth |
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| When does birth take place |
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| What hormones trigger both contractions & lactation |
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