Hormone that comes from the hypothalamus
Target organ is the pituitary gland
Stimulates the release of follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone
What is GnRH (Gonadotropin releasing hormone)
100
Comes from the hypothalamus
Target organ is pituitary gland
Stimulates the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone
What is CRH (corticotropin releasing hormone)
100
Percentage of formed elements in a sample of blood
What is hematocrit
100
Also called antibodies
What is immunoglobulins
100
Thyroglobulin is synthesized by?
Follicle cells
200
Posterior pituitary hormone made from the supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus
What is ADH
200
Posterior Pituitary hormone made from paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus
What is Oxytocin
200
liquid part of blood sample
What is serum
200
Binds and transports oxygen and carbon dioxide
What is hemoglobin
200
People with type AB blood have which antibodies?
None (neither A or B)
300
Hormone derived from the amino acid tyrosine
What is (thyroid hormones) T3 and T4, Catecholamines
300
Hormone derived from the amino acid tryptophan
What is serotonin or melatonin
300
Is the universal blood donor
What is O-
300
Most common type of white blood cell, also called polymorphonuclear leukocytes
What is Neutrophil
300
First step of this cascade is TRH from the hypothalamus, which releases TSH from the pituitary, which targets the thyroid gland to release?
What is Thyroid hormones (T3 and T4)
400
Provides the highest level of endocrine control (most complex)
What is hypothalamus
400
Enzyme complex coupled to membrane receptor, is the link between first messenger and second messenger
What is G protein
400
Is secreted when oxygen in peripheral tissues is low
What is Erythropoietin
400
Detect and destroy abnormal tissue cells (cancers)
What is Natural killer cells
400
Part of Neutrophil action is degranulation, this process removes granules from what part of the cell?
Cytoplasm
500
Connects the right and left lobes of the Thyroid Gland
What is isthmus
500
This artery delivers blood to the capillary network in the median eminence
What is superior hypophyseal artery
500
is released by endothelial cells and inhibits platelet aggregation
What is Prostacyclin
500
Are peptides from lysosomes that attack pathogen membranes
What is Defensins
500
Has an inhibitory effect on CRH in the hypothalamus and the ACTH in the adenohypophysis (think negative feedback)