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A&P LINK 7.0
Question | Answer |
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ANDROGENS | MALE HORMONES PRODUCED BY THE TESTES |
CORTICOSTEROIDS | 3 DIFFERENT GROUPS OF STEROID HORMONES PRODUCED BY THE ADRENAL CORTEX |
ENDOCRINE GLAND | DUCT LESS GLANDS THAT SECRETE HORMONES DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM |
EPINEPHRINE | ALSO CALLED ADRENALINE |
ESTROGENS | FEMALE SEX HORMONES PRODUCED BY THE OVARIES |
EXOCRINE GLAND | GLANDS THAT SECRETE HORMONES THROUGH DUCTS TO THE EXTERNAL BODY |
GLUCAGON | RELEASED BY ALPHA CELLS |
HORMONES | CHEMICALS SECRETED BY THE EXOCRINE GLANDS THAT CREATE A CHANGE IN THE BODY |
INSULIN | CARRIES GLUCOSE TO THE CELLS TO BE USED AS ENERGY |
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK | AN ACTION THAT REGULATES HORMONE LEVELS |
NONSTEROID HORMONES | MADE OF AMINO ACIDS TRAVEL IN BLOODSTREAM NOT WATER SOLUBLE CANT PASS THROUGH A CELL MEMBRANE |
PITUITARY GLAND | GLAND LOCATED IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS OF THE BRAIN CALLED THE MASTER GLAND |
PROSTAGLANDINS | MADE OF CHOLESTEROL AND FOUND WITHIN CELL MEMBRANES |
STEROID HORMONES | MADE FORM CHOLESTEROL WATER SOLUBLE CAN ACROSS THROUGH CELL MEMBRANE |
THYROID HORMONE | 2 HORMONES SECRETED BY THE THYROID GLAND |
NOREPINEPHRINE | SLOWS REACTION RETURNS HEART RATE BLOOD PREESURE BACK TO NORMAL |
SECRETE | |
EXCRETE | |
TARGET TISSUE | |
ACROMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE EXTREMITIS CAUSED BY PRODUCTIONOF GROWTH HORMONE IN ADULTHOOD AFTER FULL GROWTH HAS BEEN REACHED |
ADDISON DISEASE | ADRENAL GLANDS CEASE PRODUCING SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS OF STEROID HORMONES |
CRETINISM | MENTAL RETARDATION CAUSED BY CONGENITAL DEFICIENCY OF THYROID HORMONES |
DIABETES | DISEASE IN WHICH THE PANCREAS DOES NOT PRODUCE INSULIN OR DOES NOT USE IT CORRECTLY |
GIGANTISM | EXCESSIVE HEIGHT CAUSED BY INCREASED AMOUNTS OF GROWTH HORMONE DURING CHILDHOOD BEFORE THE GROWTH PLATES IN THE BONES HAVE CLOSED |
GOITER | ENLARGED THYROID GLAND AS A RESULT OF THYROID INSUFFICIENCY BECAUSE OF LACK OF IODINE IN THE DIET |
GRAVES DISEASE | AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE THAT CAUSES OVERPRODUCTION OF THYROID HORMONES |
PITUITARY DWARFISM | DECREASED HEIGHT GROWTH CAUSE OF INSUFFICIENCY GROWTH HORMONE BEFORE GROWTH PLATES IN THE BONES HAVE CLOSED |