Anat ch 11

Hypersecretion of growth hormone after maturity results in

Acromegaly

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) causes the two secrete hormones

Adrenals

Some of the hormones produced by the hypothalamus travel through A special capitular network to the ______ gland

Anterior pituitary

The master gland

Anterior pituitary gland

Prostaglandin production is blocked by this medicine

Aspirin

Function of endrocrine system is ___ and ___

Communication and control

Calcitonin________the level of calcium in the blood

Decreases

Hyposecretion of ADH results In _____ in which abnormally _____ amounts of urine are formed

Diabetes insipidus and large

Hyposecretion of growth hormone in the growing years is called

Dwarfism

The adrenal Medela secretes the fighter flight hormone

Epinephrine and norepinephrine

Most hormones are secreted into ducts

False

Prostaglandins are carried widely throughout the body by the blood

False

The thymus is located in the neck

False

Type one insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus results from hypersecretion of insulin by pancreatic Isley cells

False

Follicle-stimulating hormone's influences _____ and _____ cell development

Folicial and sperm

Hypersecretion of growth hormone in the growing years results in

Gigantism

All organs of the endocrine the system are

Glands

The adrenal cortex secretes

Glucocorticoid mineralocorticoids and androgens

_______ enhances growth by increasing protein synthesis and the breakdown of fat

Growth hormone

Endocrine control is exerted through

Hormones

The term for too much hormone secretion

Hypersecretion

Hypersecretion of thyroid hormones causes __________ which is characterized by weight-loss nervousness and Bulging of the eyes

Hyperthyroidism

Term for to little secretion

Hyposecretion

Hypo secretion of thyroid hormone causes______which results in swelling in the neck

Hypothyroidis

Parathyroid hormone________the level of calcium in the blood

Increases

The hypothalamus produces____ and ______ hormones

Inhibiting and releasing

Endocrine system effects are _____ acting than that of the nervous system

Longer

The hormone that works together with FSH is

Luteinizing hormone LH

Melanocyte stimulating hormone stimulates production of _______ in skin cells

Melanin

Is the gall bladder a gland

No

The posterior pituitary releases_____ and _____

Oxytocin antidiuretic hormone

The ______ gland is made up of nervous tissue

Posterior pituitary

________ stimulate breast development during pregnancy and milk secretion after delivery

Prolactin

These hormones are called tissue hormones

Prostaglandins

These were meant to cause the releasing of second messengers within the cell

Protein hormones

Hormones trigger a reaction by binding with a _____ in or on the cell

Receptor

Onset of endocrine in action is____ than in the nervous system

Slower

These hormones bind with receptors in the nuclear us of the target cell

Steroid hormones

These hormones use a unusual because they can be stored until needed

T3 and T4 thyroid hormones

Other than hypo and hyper secretion what the main mechanism results in endocrine system diseases

Target cell insensitivity

These hormones stimulate other endocrine glands to grow and secrete their hormones

Tropic

Alpha cells secrete glucagon which increases blood glucose levels

True

Beta cells secrete insulin which decreases what Decrease blood glucose levels

True

Cushing's syndrome results from hypersecretion of adrenal cortex hormones

True

Most hormones are carried throughout the body by the blood

True

The adrenal Medela hormone works in conjunction with the parasympathetic nervous system

True

Type two non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus results from insensitivity to insulin receptors

True

Antidiuretic hormone decreases _____ formation

Urine

Pituitary gland lies ____to the hypothalamus

Ventral