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Endocrine Anatomy
Anatomy Endocrine
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03/31/2012

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Pineal gland controls what?
Definition
sleep/wake patterns
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Pituitary gland is also known as?
Definition
master gland
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Pituitary gland is located where?
Definition
base of the brain
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Pituitary gland produces what hormones?
Definition
anterior and posterior
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Anterior hormones act on what?
Definition
the bones, adrenals, thyroid gland, testes, ovaries and mammary glands
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Posterior antidiuretic hormone affects what?
Definition
kidneys
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Posterior hormones produce oxytocin that affects what?
Definition
uterus and mammary glands
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Thyroid hormone, T3 and T4, regulates what?
Definition
metabolic rate of all cells and the process of cell growth and tissue differentiation
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Thyroid gland produces calcitonin that does what?
Definition
Controls calcium content of blood
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There are how many parathyroids and where are they usually located?
Definition
4 on back of the thyroid, but occasionally 5
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Parathyroids produce parathormone that regulates what?
Definition
calcium in tissues
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Adrenal glands are located where?
Definition
On top of the kidneys
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Adrenal glands produce what?
Definition
Epinephrine and norepinephrine - flight or fight response
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Thymus produces what?
Definition
T-cells for immunity
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Thymus produces what?
Definition
T-cells for immunity
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Thymus description?
Definition
Functions mostly in childhood, atrophies into fatty tissue as adults
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Pancreas as dual functions - what are they?
Definition
exocrine for digestion and endocrine for regulating blood sugar
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Pancreas produces beta cells that do what?
Definition
secrete insulin
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Gonads in a male
Definition
testes
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Gonads in a female?
Definition
ovaries
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Aortic body is located where?
Definition
along the aortic arch
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Aortic body does what?
Definition
measures blood pressure, carbon dioxide and pH
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Carotid body is located where?
Definition
Near the fork of the carotid artery
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Carotid body does what?
Definition
measures oxygen and carbon dioxide
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