Endocrine system
Hypothalamus
What is synthesizing and secreting of releasing hormones?
Is the anterior lobe part of the pituitary gland?
What is phrase yes it is?
The testes produce
What is testosterone?
Hormones are
What are chemical transmitter that are released in small amounts and transported through the blood stream?
The ovaries produce
What is estrogen and progesterone?
The pituitary gland is know as the master gland. Why?
What is because it affects the regulation of other endocrine glands?
The pineal gland secrets what to hormones
What are melatonin and serotonin?
Parathyroid hormone is essential for
What is maintenance of normal levels of serum calcium and the metabolism of phosphorus?
Define androgen
What is a substance or hormone that promotes the development of male characteristics?
Name the two hormones secreted by the thymus
What is thymosin and thymopoietin?
The vital function of the endocrine system
What is the production and regulation of chemical substances (hormones) which are essential for maintaining homeostasis?
The hormones secreted by the Post. Lobe
What are antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin?
The vital role of the thyroid
What is plays a role in metabolism and regulates the body's metabolic process?
Name the 4 functions of Corticosterone
What is use of carbs, absorption of glucose, gluconeogenesis, and potassium and sodium metabolism?
Name the three main catecholamines synthesized, secreted, and stored by the adrenal medulla
What is dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine?
The 6 primary glands?
What is
Pituitary
Pineal
Thyroid
Parathyroid
Islets of Langerhans
Adrenals
the 6 hormones secreted by the Ant. lobe
What is growth hormone, adrenocorticotropin, thyroid stimulating hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, prolactin, melanocyte stimulating hormone?
The thyroid secretes
What are thyroxine, triiodothyronine, and calcitonin?
Name the four functions of cortisol
What is regulates carbs, proteins, and fat metabolism, stimulates output of glucose, increases blood sugar levels, and regulates other physiological body processes?
Three functions of epinephrine
What is elevates the systolic blood pressure, increases the heart rate and cardiac output, and increases glycogenolysis (this elevates blood sugar through the hastening of the release of glucose from the liver)?