Endocrine System

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Target Organ

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Any cell with 1 or more receptors for a particular hormone

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Hormone

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Regulating substance secreted by an endocrine gland

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Steroid hormones are synthesized from

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Cholesterol

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Nervous system

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Fast response
Short lived
Electrical messengers
Skeletal muscles primarily effected

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Endocrine System

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Slow response
Effects last longer
Chemical messengers
Affects everything via glands

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Nervous system and endocrine system similarities

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Both regulatory systems to keep homeostasis.

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Endocrine

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Ductless
Direct to blood stream
Hormones

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Exocrine

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Outside body
Ducts to membrane/epithelial surface
No hormonal

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Mixed gland

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Pancreas
Endocrine - insulin to blood stream
Exocrine - digestive enzymes

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Pituitary gland aka

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Hypophysis Cerebi

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Anterior Pituatary

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Adrenohyphosis - secretes most hormones

TSH
ACTH
FSH
LH
KSH
PL
GH

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Posterior Pituitary

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Neurohypohysis - - holding tank, secretes AD and oxytocin

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Tropic Hormone

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Causes another endocrine gland to secrete its hormone

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Breast feeding Hormones

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Prolactin - milk production

Oxytocin - milk let down

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Diabetes Insipidus

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Deficiency ADH

Excessive thirst and excessive urination

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Parathormone Calcitonine

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Antagonists that control blood calcium levels

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Ca2+ increase 20% _______ is released to keep calcium from coming from bones.

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Calcitonine

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Acromegaly

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Hyper secretion GH after growth phase

Large hands, feet, protruding jaw

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Cretinism

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Hypo secretion thyroid hormones in childhood

Mental dysfunction small

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Gigantism

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Hyper secretion GH during growing face

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Dwarfism

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Hypo secretion GH during growth phase

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Graves’ disease

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Aka hyperthyroidism skinny, bulging eyes, nervous

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Cushings

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Hyper secretion cortisol and glucocortosids

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Diabetes Insipidus

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Hypo secretion ADH

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Diabetes Mellitus

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Hypo secretion Insulin

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Addison’s Disease

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Hypo secretion mineralcorocoids and glucocorticoids

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Cells secrete insulin

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Beta cells

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2 parts of adrenal gland

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Adrenal cortex, adrenal medulla

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Mineralcorticoids

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Regulate electrolytes (minerals) in body fluids

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Melatonin

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Stored in pineal gland, regulates sleep

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Hormone secreted by placenta

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HCGT

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Anabolic Steroids

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Mean
Atrophy of testes, Ed, infertility
Liver damage
Heart disease
Brain

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Positive Feed back mechanism

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Oxytocin–> labor contractions –> release more oxytocin –> stronger contractions –> birth

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How does releasing hormone reach its destination

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Hypophyseal portal system (connection between Pituitary and hypothalamus)

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Decrease in serum calcium levels

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Calcitonin

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Increase in serum calcium levels

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Parathormone

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Increase in blood glucose

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Insulin

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Dehydration

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ADH

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Moon Face

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Cushings

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Child normal intelligence small

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Dwarfism

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Child abnormal intelligence small

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Grave

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Protruding eyes

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Graves

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Lump in throat

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Goiter

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Hormones of adrenal medulla act like

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NT, sympathetic nervous system, fight or flight

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Sodium potassium in blood regulated by

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Mineralcortocoids