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| Chemical messagers sent by one part of the body to another via blood stream |
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| Hormones aid in control and coordination of an organisms' _____ and _______ |
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| Endocrine glands are hormone glands that do not have a duct or passageway; Where do the secretions from this glands go? |
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| seceretions go directly into the blood system. |
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| the specific organ for which a hormone was produced |
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| Large amino acid proteins that cannot go through membranes |
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| small can go through membrane |
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| The pituitary gland has two parts. What are they |
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| a part of the brain connected to the posterior pituitary by a stalk. |
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| The anterior pituitary is not connected structurally. How is it connected |
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| a network of blood vessels called a portal system |
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| The hypothalmus is the _______ |
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| The hypothalmus produces hormones.What secretes them? |
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| Where are hormones stored |
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| The nerve endings of the posteior pituitary |
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| The produces releasing factors. What is there function |
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| to control the anterior pituitary |
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| How are the releasing factors transported? |
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| The posterior pituitary realeases what two hormones? |
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| What effect does the ADH have? |
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| effects the reabsorbtion of water by the urinary system. |
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| What is the effect of Oxytocin |
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| causes uterine contraction;also stimulates release of milk from breast |
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| What is the syptom of Diabetes Insipidus and it's cause |
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| watery urine, lack of necessary AHD production |
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| What hormones have a general effect on the body; |
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| Growth Hormone(somatropin and lactogenic hormone) |
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| What is the effect of somatropin? |
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| growth causes all tissues to grow. too little equals midgets and too much equals giants |
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| What is the effect of lactogenic hormone |
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| causes milk production. produced after childbirth |
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| What does the anterior pituitary control |
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| thyroid,adrenal cortex, gonads |
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| When is Glucagon produced |
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| only when starvation occurs causes cells to secrete glucose into the blood |
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| What does the pancreas produce? |
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| What does hormone is released by the anterior piutitary and stimulates the thyroid |
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| What does the thyroid secrete |
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| A target organ. It stimulates the metabolic rate of the entire body |
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| The thyroid requres what to operate correctly |
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| Hypothyrodism causes what? |
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| simple goiter, when the thryoxin is low anterior pituitary stimulates thyroid with TSH and thyroid enlarges to produce enough hormone |
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| Thyroid doesn't develop properly |
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