ans chp 15
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alli_mary_kc on March 15, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 hemostasis | balance |
| hormones | messengers produced by endorcrine gland cells or modified neurons |
| neurotransmitters | the nervous system messengers |
| endocrine glands | secrete tiny amounts of hormones directly into the blood stream |
| exocrine glands | secrete their products onto epithelial surfaces through tiny tubes called ducts |
| thyroid gland | heater |
| medulla | the secretion of hormones from _ of the adrenal gland is stimulated by sympathetic nerve impulses when a animal feels threatened |
| fight or flight respones | stimulation occurs through out the whole body, adrenal gland |
| hypothalamus | part of the diencephalon of the brain |
| cortex | links the conscious mind with the rest ofthe body by connecting higher centers of the cerebral _ with lower brain centers and the endocrine system |
| pituitary gland | is an endocrine gland that is attacted to the hypothalamus ventrally by a slender stalk |
| portal system | system of tiny blood vessels |
| superovulation | production of larger than normal numbers of ova |
| diuresis | prevents loss of large quantities of water in the urine |
| diabetes insipidus | defeiciency of ADH in the body |
| myometrium | the muscle of the uterus |
| myoepithelial cells | around the alveoli and small ducts |
| precursor | the raw material for theyroid hormone product |
| T3 | triiodothyronine |
| t4 | tetraiodothyronine or thyroxine |
| calorigenic | helps heat the body |
| gluconeogenesis | most of the breakdown products are ultimately convereted to glycose in the liver |
| pancreatic islets | islets of langerhans, clumps of cells in pancreas |
| chorionic gonadotropin | small amounts of estrogen and progesterone |
| atrophy | shrink |
| melatonin | affects moods and walk-sleep cycles |
| unsaturated fatty acids | prostaglandins are hormonelike sustances that are derived from... |
| seminal vesicles | produces vesicular glandins |
| luteolysis | f2-alpha administered to a female animal that has a functional corpus leteum in her ovarys will quickly destroy the corpus luteum |
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