Endocrine glands/organs
The release of a hormone in response to another hormone is what type of stimulation?
Hormonal stimulation
Hormone that decreases blood calcium
Calcitonin
Clinical term for inadequate growth hormone production
Growth hormone deficiency/Pituitary dwarfism
Clinical term for platelet deficiency
Thrombocytopenia
Myeloid line and lymphoid line
Which endocrine gland contains two lobes and is connected by the isthmus
Thyroid gland
Thyrotropin releasing hormone from the hypothalamus stimulates the ______ gland to release _____?
Anterior pituitary
thyroid stimulating hormone
What is the term for red-pigmented protein that transports O2 and CO2 molecules through the blood?
Hemoglobin
Clinical term for increased tendency to clot blood
Hypercoagulation
What step of erythropoiesis is the nucleus ejected?
Normoblast
Which Endocrine organ releases erythropoietin (EPO)?
The kidney
The growth hormone stimulates the release of ____ from the liver?
IGF'S
When blood oxygen levels are low, the kidneys will release ___ into the blood to increase the number of RBC'S in circulation
Erythropoietin (EPO)
Clinical term for absent or diminished release of insulin by the pancreas
During leukopoiesis, G-CSF prompts the progenitor cell to become a?
Myeloblast
Which part of the pituitary gland does not create any hormones?
The posterior pituitary gland
Hormone that fosters NA+ retention and K+ secretion?
Aldosterone
what type of circulating hormone is water soluble molecules derived from modified amino acids that lack a carboxyl group?
Biogenic Amines
Clinical term for excessive exposure to glucocorticoid hormones. Symptoms include moon face
Cushing syndrome
Stem cells that are derived from the lymphoid line can become ___,___, or ____ (3 answers)
B-lymphocytes
T-lymphocytes
Natural killer cells
Which endocrine organ secretes insulin and somastatin?
The pancreas
ACTH and CRH release are inhibiting when ____ levels are increased.
Cortisol
During coagulation cascade, thrombin converts insoluble fibrinogen to soluble ____ to make the clot.
Fibrin
Clinical term for decreased production of TH
Hypothyroidism
During thrombopoiesis, promegakaryocytes are formed under the influence of ?
Thrombopoietin