Endocrine System - BIG TEST

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What gland is thyroxine (T4) secreted from?

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What gland is thyroxine (T4) secreted from?

thyroid

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What gland is cortisol secreted from?

adrenal cortex

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What gland is glucagon secreted from?

pancreas

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What gland is antidiuretic hormone (ADH) secreted from?

posterior pituitary

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What gland is growth hormone (GH) secreted from?

anterior pituitary

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What gland is thymosin secreted from?

thymus

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What gland is epinephrine secreted from?

adrenal medulla

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What gland is thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) secreted from?

anterior pituitary

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What gland is luteinizing hormone (LH) secreted from?

anterior pituitary

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What gland is parathyroid hormone (PTH) secreted from?

parathyroid

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What gland is prolactin (PRL) secreted from?

anterior pituitary

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What gland is estrogen secreted from?

gonads

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What gland is melatonin secreted from?

pineal

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What gland is testosterone secreted from?

gonads

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What gland is adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secreted from?

anterior pituitary

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What gland is oxytocin (OT) secreted from?

posterior pituitary

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What gland is triiodothyronine (T3) secreted from?

thyroid

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What gland is aldosterone secreted from?

adrenal cortex

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What gland is androgens secreted from?

adrenal cortex

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What gland is insulin secreted from?

pancreas

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What gland is calcitonin secreted from?

thyroid

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What gland is follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) secreted from?

anterior pituitary

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What gland is norepinephrine secreted from?

adrenal medulla

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What gland is progesterone secreted from?

gonads

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What does T4 mean?

thyroxine

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What does ADH mean?

antidiuretic hormone

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What does GH mean?

growth hormone

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What does TSH mean?

thyroid stimulating hormone

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What does LH mean?

luteinizing hormone

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What does PTH mean?

parathyroid hormone

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What does PRL mean?

prolactin

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What does ACTH mean?

adrenocorticotropic hormone

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What does OT mean?

oxytocin

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What does T3 mean?

triiodothyronine

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What does FSH mean?

follicle stimulating hormone

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Gland in the brain that is the control center for all regulatory activities of the body:

hypothalamus

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Condition in which levels of thyroid hormones in the blood are very low:

hypothyroidism

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Helps regulate when you sleep at night and when you wake in the morning:

melatonin

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Master gland, make hormones that control several other endocrine glands

pituitary

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Hormone that reproductive glands produce for females:

estrogen

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Two hormones produced by the pancreas are glucagon and

insulin

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Gland produces hormones that control the rate at which cells produce energy:

thyroid

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4 tiny glands that function together that release hormones that regulates calcium levels:

parathyroid

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General name given to hormones banned in most sports organizations:

steroids

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The inner part of the adrenal gland:

medulla

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Hormone that reproductive glands produce for males:

testosterone

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Gland that produces melatonin:

pineal body

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Causes milk release in nursing mothers and contractions during childbirth:

oxytocin

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Increases blood pressure and heart rate when the body experiences stress:

epinephrine

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Helps regulate calcium in the bones:

calcitonin

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Adrenal glands are located above this major organ:

kidneys

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Disease caused by a failure of the body to produce insulin:

diabetes mellitus

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Produced in the adrenal cortex, keeps blood glucose levels stable:

cortisol

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Contains cells called the Islets of Langerhans:

endocrine

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Collection of glands that secrete chemicals that maintain homeoastasis:

endocrine

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Hormone causes intestines to absorb calcium and kidneys to conserve calcium

parathyroid hormone

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What makes up the anterior pituitary gland?

GH, PRL, TSH, ACTH, FSH/LH

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What makes up the posterior pituitary gland?

ADH, OT

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Whats in the pineal gland?

melatonin

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Whats in the thyroid gland?

T4, T3, Calcitonin

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Whats in the parathyroid gland?

PTH

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Whats in the thymus gland?

Thymosin

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Whats in the adrenal cortex?

aldosterone, cortisol, androgens

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Whats in the adrenal medulla?

epinephrine, norepinephrine

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Whats in the pancreas?

glucagon, insulin

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Whats in the testes?

testosterone

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Whats in the ovaries?

estrogen

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What does the atrialnatriuretic peptide hormone do?

sends signal to kidneys to excrete Na

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What does the erythropoetin hormone do?

sends signal to make red blood cells

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Where does atrialnatriuretic peptide come from?

The heart

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Where does erythropoetin come from?

The kidneys

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What does GH do?

stimulates growth/reproduction

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What does PRL do?

stimulates milk production

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What does TSH do?

stimulate thyroid

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What does ACTH do?

stimulate adrenal gland

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What does FSH do?

Stimulate egg/sperm production

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What does LH do?

Stimulate gonads

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What does ADH do?

control water concentration

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What does OT do?

Stimulate milk release and labor

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What does melatonin do?

Stimulate sleep

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What does PTH do?

Increase Ca in blood

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What does T4 and T3 do?

control metabolism

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Which has a higher concentration: T4 or T3?

T3

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What does calcitonin do?

lower Ca in blood

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What does thymosin do?

stimulates maturity of white blood cells

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What does aldosterone do?

conserve Na, excrete K

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What does cortisol do?

decrease protein synthesis, increase glucose from lipids, and release fatty acids

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What does androgens do?

stimulate extra sex hormones

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What does (nor)epinephrine do?

fight or flight response

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What does glucagon do?

increase glucose

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What does insulin do?

decrease glucose

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