Name the Gland
Cortisol
Adrenal
Episodic methods of hormone secretion.
Estrogen
Osmoreceptor
detects changes in blood osmolality
chemical messengers in the circulatory system
hormones
Posterior pituitary
Increases protein synthesis, increases tissue growth, increases lipid breakdown, increase glucose synthesis (bonus - what hormone causes this one to be released?)
growth hormone; growth hormone releasing hormone
Stimulates osteoclasts and promotes calcium reabsorption by kidneys
Parathyroid hormone
More general term for chemical signals
Ligands
thyroid
Made in the medulla of the adrenal glands
epinephrine and norepinephrine
More of the product turns down/off the process
negative feedback
Name the method of regulation: the strength of the signal is determined by the amount of the signal substance produced
amplitude-modulated
Where is Calcitonin made?
parafollicular cells
(decreases osteoclast, lengthens life span of osteoblasts - so what triggers it?)
Thymosin
Hypothalamohypophysial portal
connects hypothalamus and anterior pituitary
Connects the hypothalamus to the neurohypophysis and adenohypophysis
Aldosterone
T3 and T4 are more properly called
triiodonthyronine and tetraiodothyronine
Alpha cells
secrete glucagon
(beta cells?)
Lack of iodine causes this physical manifestation of hypothyroidism
goiter