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Glands
Hormones (general facts)
Specific hormones
Comparison to nervous system
100
The endocrine system produces this.
What is a hormone?
100
this gland is known as the master gland.
What is the pituitary gland?
100
These are the chemical messengers of the endocrine system.
What are hormones
100
this hormone regulates the sleep cycle.
What is melatonin?
100
this system can be referred to a tweet/post/story that is sent everywhere.
What is the endocrine system?
200
this is the type of effect (long or short) the endocrine system has on the body.
what is a long term effect?
200
this gland is located on top of the kidneys.
What is the adrenal gland?
200
Hormones are released into this.
What is the bloodstream?
200
this is a hormone secreted by the ovaries.
What is either estrogen or progesterone?
200
this system is more direct to a specific part of the body (like a DM).
What is the nervous system?
300
this is the activity of hormones in coordinating cellular activities in tissues in distant portions of the body
What is endocrine communication?
300
this is the male reproductive gland
What is the testes
300
these cells have the receptors needed to bind to the hormone
What is a target cell?
300
this hormone increases heart rate and spikes blood sugar.
What is epinephrine (adrenaline)?
300
both systems are regulated primarily by this.
What are negative feedback control mechanisms?
400
the use of chemical messengers to transfer info from cell to cell within a single tissue is called this.
What is paracrine communication?
400
this gland is considered the main link between the endocrine and nervous systems.
What is the hypothalamus?
400
Hormones are classified by this feature.
What is a chemical structure?
400
this hormone balances the salt/water concentrations in the blood.
What is aldosterone?
400
this is the common goal between both systems.
What is to preserve homeostasis?
500
these are the 8 major glands
What is the pituitary gland, pineal gland, hypothalamus, adrenal gland, reproductive glands, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, and pancreas?
500
this gland controls the level of calcium in the blood.
What is the parathyroid gland?
500
these are the three classifications of a hormone.
What are amino acid derivatives, peptide hormones, and lipid derivatives?
500
this hormone stimulates and maintains metabolic processes.
What is T3 and T4?
500
these two chemical messengers are shared by both systems.
What is norepinephrine and epinephrine?