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Secretes substances into the ducts that open on to the bodys external and internal surfaces? |
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| Secretes Hormones directly into the bloodstream |
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| Tiny but complex portion of the brain, which is attached to the pituitary by means of the infundibular (hypophyseal) stalk |
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| Infundibular (hypophyseal) Stalk = |
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| How many glands do we have in the Endocrine system that are in our body? |
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| Name the Nine Endocrine System Glands |
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Hypothalmus Pineal (hypophysis) Thyroid Parathyroids Thymus Adrenals Islets of Langerhans Ovaries Testes
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| Considered the Master Controller |
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| The anterior Lobe of the Pituitary = |
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| Adrenocorticotropoic Hormone |
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| Stimilates Growth and secretion of ovarian follicles in women and the production of sperm in men. |
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| Follicle-Stimulating Hormone |
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| Anterior Lobe of Pituitary FSH & LH= |
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| Anterior Lobe Pituitary FSH and LH (ICSH) |
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| Anterior Lobe Pituitary Prolactin= |
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| anterior Lobe Pituitary TSH= |
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| Anterior Lobe Pituitary ACTH= |
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| Posterior Lobe of the Puituitary Oxytocin |
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| Posterior Lobe of the Pituitary Antiduretic Hormone |
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| The posterior lobe of the pituitary = |
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| Alpha cells in the pancreas secretes |
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Glucagon (Raises blood sugar) |
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| Beta cells in the Pancreas secretes |
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Insulin (lowers blood sugar) |
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| Stimulates the release of milk from a new mothers breast? |
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| The largest of the endocrine glands |
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| Hormones that regulate body metabolism, controlling the rate at which cells do their work |
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The thyroid removes iodine from the blood to make |
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| A persons diet must supply |
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| Iodine from the blood to make T-4 |
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| Occurs due to lack of iodine in the body, which causes low levels of thyroid hormones in the body |
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| Another hormone that the thyroid secretes is called |
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| Calcitonin or thyrocacitonin |
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Regulates the amounts of clacium and phosohorus in the blood, which in turn affect nerve and muscle irrirability |
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PTH (Parathorome or parathyroid hormone) |
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| When Circulating Calcium levels are high-What promotes increased storage of calcium in bones and increased renal excretion of calcium - which results in lowering serum calcium levels |
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| Secretes Epinephrine adn norepinephrine |
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