hormones
The tropic hormones of the anterior pituitary gland
What is FSH, LH, ACTH, and TSH?
Connected by a stalk called the infundibulum, this region of the brain is closely associated with the pituitary gland and its hormones
What is the hypothalamus?
The most numerous blood cell
What are erythrocytes?
The layers from superficial to deep
What is epicardium, myocardium & endocardium?
What is spiro?
The hormone that is stimulated to be released by nerve impulses in response to the suckling of an infant & targets the mammary glands to stimulate milk ejection in lactating mothers?
What is oxytocin?
The gland that secretes the hormone melatonin
What is the pineal gland?
The main function of hemoglobin
What is oxygen transport?
The type of blood pulmonary veins carry to left atrium
What is oxygenated?
The suffix that means pain
What is algia?
The hormones stored & secreted in the posterior pituitary but are synthesized in the hypothalamus
What are oxytocin & antidiuretic hormone (ADH)?
Hyposecretion of this hormone can cause cretinism (children) & myxedema (adults)
What is thyroid hormone?
The bottom layer of a hematocrit test tube.
What are RBCs?
The artery that arises from the LCA & follows the coronary sulcus, eventually fusing with the small branches of the RCA
What is the circumflex artery?
The prefix that means to grow or nourish
What is troph?
The hormones stimulated to be released by GnRH & targets the ovaries to stimulate ovarian follicle maturation & estrogen production
What is follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)?
The disorder caused by a hyposecretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
What is diabetes insipidus?
(think: you sip beverages which makes you diurese (urinate))
An abundance of RBCs
What is polycythemia?
The side of the heart that receives blood from the body to pump it to the lungs
What is right?
The suffix that means to shape or make
What is plasty?
High blood calcium levels
What is the stimulus for calcitonin's release?
Increased blood levels of K+
What is the effect of hyposecretion of Aldosterone?
A person with AB- can receive blood from someone with type O+ blood
What is incorrect?
The left ventricle discharges blood into this from which all systemic arteries of the body diverge to supply the body tissues
What is the aorta?
The suffix that means pressure or tension
What is tonic?