General Information
What is the primary function of the endocrine system?
To keep the body in homeostasis through production chemicals to stimulate organs.
In the adrenal gland, this hormone helps with increasing blood pressure, maintaining blood pressure, and helps with water and sodium retention.
Cortex
Where is the location of the thyroid gland?
Ventral cervical region around trachea
What does the posterior pituitary gland store?
Stores and releases hormones. (ADH and oxytocin)
The adrenal glands are responsible for what 2 diseases?
Addison's
Cushing
What are the 3 hormone groups of the endocrine system?
Peptide
Steroid
Monoamine
The cortex and medulla are part of what hormone?
Adrenal Glands
What lives near the Duodenum?
Pancreas
The parathyroid maintains calcium through what three ways?
Stores calcium in kidneys
Increased intestinal absorption of calcium
Withdraws calcium from bones
What is the pancreas stimulated by?
Glucose
What are the 2 types of feedback the hormones can have?
Negative feedback
Positive feedback
What hormone helps in preventing hypocalcemia?
Parathyroid Gland
Which pituitary gland is located caudally?
Posterior pituitary
What tissue does glucagon target?
The Liver
Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism are diseases of this hormone.
Thyroid Gland
How do hormones travel in the body?
Chemicals that carry messages through the bloodstream.
This hormone regulates the metabolism, calcium in blood, and body temperature.
Thyroid Gland
Which pituitary gland is located rostrally?
Anterior pituitary
What are the 3 hormones the gonads produce in females?
Estrogen
Progestins
Relaix
What controls the activity of the pituitary gland?
Hypothalamus
How many hormones does the Anterior pituitary gland control?
7
Growth hormone
Prolactin
Thyroid-stimulating hormone
Adrenocorticotropic hormone
Follicle-stimulating hormone
Luteinizing hormone
Melanocyte-stimulating hormone
Which hormone bridges the gap between the nervous system and the endocrine system?
Hypothalamus
The medulla is part of which hormone?
Adrenal Glands
The hypothalamus secretes which 2 hormones?
Secrete antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and oxytocin
What disease is associated with the pancreas?
Diabetes