Hormones
What tropic hormone is responsible for maintaining metabolism?
What is thyroid stimulating hormone?
Rising blood levels of aldosterone cause the kidneys to reabsorb which molecule?
What is sodium
the "master gland"
What is the (anterior) pituitary?
These hormones exert their primary effect on the reproductive organs
What is gonadotropins (follicle stimulating hormone and leutinizing hormone)
What are the chemical messengers of the endocrine system?
What are hormones
The fight or flight response triggers release of which hormone(s)?
What is epinephrine/norepinephrine?
What does insulin cause
What is a decrease in blood glucose
The hypothalamus is most closely associated with which gland?
What is the pituitary gland?
This disorder occurs when the pancreas fails to make enough insulin.
What is Type 1 diabetes?
What is it called when a hormone stimulates other glands to secrete hormones
What is a tropic hormone
What 2 hormones are responsible for regulating calcium levels
What is calcitonin and parathyroid?
What raises blood calcium levels
What is the parathyroid hormone
This condition happens when the thyroid produces too much thyroxine.
What is hyperthyroidism?
This structure is responsible for the production of hormones released by the posterior pituitary
What is the hypothalamus
What hormone is responsible for triggering ovulation of an egg from the ovary.
What is luteinizing hormone?
What causes contractions of the uterus?
What is oxytocin
What gland is responsible for producing the antidiuretic hormone?
What is the posterior pituitary?
Enlargement of the thyroid gland due to a deficiency in iodine
What is a goiter?
What are the full names of the two hormones released by the thyroid gland upon stimulation by TSH?
What is thyroxine and triiodothyronine?
What 3 hormones are produced by the adrenal cortex?
What are mineralocorticoids (aldosterone), glucocorticoids (cortisol), and androgens?
How does the function of the endocrine system differ from that of the nervous sytem?
What is to maintain long term homeostasis?
What gland is responsible for regulating your sleep/wake cycle?
What is the pineal gland
Which pancreatic islet cells produce insulin?
What is beta cells?
These two hormones work in conjunction to regulate glucose levels by doing what?
What is glucagon increases blood glucose and insulin decreases blood glucose