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| Parathyroid Hormone - Protein - Formed from Amino Acids |
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| Posterior surface of the Thyroid Gland |
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| Secretes a hormone that regulates the concentrations of calcium & phosphate ions in the blood. |
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| What are the hormones in the Adrenal Medulla? |
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| Epinephrine - Norepenephrine |
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| What does Epinephrine & Norepinephrine do(Adrenal Medulla hormones)? |
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| Stimulate their effectors - Increased heart rate, force of cardiac muscle contraction, elevated blood pressure, increased breather rate, & decreased digestive activity. |
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| Steroid Hormone from the Adrenal Gland |
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| What does Aldosterone do? |
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| Stimulate sodium retention by the kidneys. |
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| What is Negative Feedback? |
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| Control of hormone secretion. The endocrine gland or the system controlling it senses the concentration of the hormone the gland secretes, a process the hormone controls, or an action the hormone has on the internal environment. |
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| How is Negative Feedback regulated? |
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| when the concentration of a substance it regulates reaches a certain concentration it inhibits the gland. |
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| What are the hermones in the Posterior Pituitary? |
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| Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH) - Oxytocin (OT) |
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| What does the Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH) do (Posterior Pituitary)? |
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| Constricts blood vessel walls, raising blood pressure. |
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| What does the Oxytocin (OT) hormone do (Posterior Pituitary)? |
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| Has an antidiuretic effect & can contract muscles in the uterine wall. Contracts certain cells associated with production & ejection of mil from the milk glands of the breast. |
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| What does Growth Hormone do? |
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| Stimulates body cells to grow & divide. Releasing hormone & somatostatin from the hypothalamus control GH secretion. |
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| What are the stress hermones? |
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Definition
| Epinephrine, cortisol, ACTH, glucagon, growth hormone, antidiuretic, renin |
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| What is the effect of stress hermones on hemeostasis? |
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| Increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system & increased secretion of adrenal hormones. |
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| Stimulates the liver to form glucagon from glucose & inhibites conversion of noncarbohydrates into glucose. |
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| What are the hormones in the Anterior Pituitary? |
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| Growth Hormone, Prolactin, TSH, ACTH, FSH, LH |
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| What are the steroid hormones? |
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Definition
| Aldosterone, cortisol, testerone, estiriol |
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| How are the steroid hermones regulated? |
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Definition
| Insoluble in water. Carried int he bloodstream weakly bound to plasma proteins. |
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| What are the amine hormones |
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| Norepinephrine & Epinephrine |
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| What are the peptide hormones? |
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| How does ADH & Oxytocin function? |
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| ADH causes the kidney to excrete less water. Oxytocin has an antidiuretic effect and can contract muscles in the uterine wall. |
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| What is the characteristic of red blood cell. |
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| Erythrocytes - tiny. biconcaved disc. |
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