a&p 3
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bellanthonyd on November 29, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 are chemicals that carry messages from organs of your body to your cells. The glands that secrete hormones are part of the endocrine system | What are hormones? |
| responds to a hormone because it bears receptors for the hormone | what is target tissue? |
| exocrine gland | glands whose secretions pass into a system of ducts that lead ultimately to the exterior of the body |
| endocrine gland | ace their secretions into the internal environment - the blood. |
| are derived from cholesterol and are lipid-soluble molecules. | how do steroid hormones work on cells |
| do not enter the cell, transported in blood | how do protein hormones work? |
| protein hormone, that binds to a receptor protein in the plasma membrane | What is the first messenger? |
| cyclic amp | what is the second messenger? |
| phosphodiesterase | what is the enzyme that inhibits the second messenger |
| hypothalamus, pituitary, pineal gland, thyroid, parathyroids, thymus, adrenals, pancreas, testes, ovaries | list all the glands of the endocrine |
| hgh, tsh, acth, pcl, fsh, lh | list all the hormones produced by the adenohypophysis |
| ADH, OT | list all the hormones secreted by the neurophypophysis |
| HGH | Human growth hormone |
| HGH-Human Growth Hormone | controls growth of the body, target bones, muscle and adipose tissue |
| TSH | Thyroid stimulating hormone, |
| TSH-Thyroid stimulating hormone | controls the secretion of hormones by the thyroid gland, |
| ACTH | adrenocorticotropic hormone |
| PRL | Prolactin |
| ACTH-adrenocorticotropic hormone | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex |
| PRL-Prolactin | stimulates the production of milk by the mammary glands |
| FSH | follicle stimulating hormone |
| FSH follicle stimulating hormones | a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals |
| LH | luteinizing hormone |
| LH-luteinizing hormone | a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary |
| ADH | hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus |
| OT | oxytocin |
| oxytocin | induces contraction of the uterine muscles during childbirth and causes the mammary glands to eject milk during nursing |
| via releasing factors (ie. TRH, CRF, GnRF, etc.) | how does the hypothalmus control the adenohypophysis |
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