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Body Structure and Function - Week 19 - Endocrine System:

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how many primary organs are there in the endocrine system?   show
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name the primary organs involved in the endocrine system   show
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show 6  
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name the organs involved with secondary endocrine functions   show
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what do the neurons in the hypothalamus produce?   show
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show 9  
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show melatonin  
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what stimulates the production of melatonin?   show
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show applies sleep pressure  
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where are the parathyroid glands located?   show
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what is located behind the thyroid gland?   show
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what do the parathyroid glands produce?   show
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show regulate calcium levels  
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show tetrathyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) and calcitonin  
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T4?   show
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T3?   show
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show regulate metabolism  
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what does calcitonin do?   show
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what do the adrenal glands produce?   show
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show regulate the "fight or flight" response, body's stress reponses and regulate blood pressure  
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what organ is both an endocrine and exocrine organ?   show
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how is the pancreas an endocrine organ?   show
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show regulate glucose levels in the blood  
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show secretes digestive enzymes  
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what does the heart secrete?   show
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show in response to atrial distension (high pressure)  
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show only fully active until puberty  
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what does the thymus secrete?   show
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when does the thymus secrete thymosins?   show
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what do thymosins do?   show
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what do the kidneys secrete?   show
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show when RBC levels are low  
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what does EPO do?   show
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what do the gonads do?   show
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what do the testes produce?   show
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what do the ovaries produce?   show
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what does the hypothalamus provide a link between?   show
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show activity of the pituitary gland  
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show by secreting releasing hormone (RH) and inhibitory hormones (IH)  
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other name for pituitary gland?   show
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show hypophyseal  
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describe the pituitary gland   show
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show infundibulum  
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what does the infundibulum do?   show
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show 2  
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what are the 2 lobes of the pituitary gland?   show
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how many hormones does the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland secrete?   show
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show two hormones  
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show peptides  
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show secondary messaging using cAMP  
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what is the hypophyseal portal?   show
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show hypophyseal portal  
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the hypophyseal portal connects the hypothalamus to what?   show
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show blood from heart enters at superior hypophyseal artery in the upper infundibulum  
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show blood is transported to the hypothalamus  
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what is the third step of the hypophyseal portal?   show
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what is the fourth step of the hypophyseal portal?   show
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what is the fifth step of the hypophyseal portal?   show
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what does the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland contain?   show
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how many types of hypothalamic axons does the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland contain?   show
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where do the hypothalamic axons extend in the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland?   show
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describe what the hypothalamic axons in the posterior pituitary gland do?   show
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what do osmoreceptors in the hypothalamic neurons do?   show
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show increases water reabsorption in the kidneys and causes vasoconstriction to raise blood pressure  
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show during labour  
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what does oxytocin cause during birth?   show
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show increases sexual arousal  
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contraction of smooth muscle in the vaginal wall and sperm duct increases what?   show
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show through the contraction of smooth muscle in the vaginal walla dn sperm duct  
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show 4 hormones  
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show TSH, ACTH, FSH, FH  
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show two gonadotropins  
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what are the 2 gonadotropins which regulate hormone production of other endocrine tissues?   show
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TSH?   show
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show adrenocorticotropic hormone  
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FSH?   show
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FH?   show
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thyroid-stimulating hormone/ thyrotropin   show
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show ACTH  
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follicle stimulating hormone?   show
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show FH  
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show 3 hormones  
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show PRL, GH, MSH  
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PRL?   show
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show growth hormone  
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MSH?   show
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how are all pituitary gland activities regulated?   show
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show cause secretion of thyroid hormones  
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when does TSH increase?   show
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what is ACTH also known as?   show
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what does ACTH/ corticotropin do?   show
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what does FSH promote?   show
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how does FSH promote follicle and sperm maturation?   show
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show gonadotropin-releasing hormone  
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show induces ovulation and prepares body for pregnancy  
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how does LH induce ovulation and prepares body for pregnancy?   show
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show stimulates mammary gland development and milk production  
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PRF?   show
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show prolactin-inhibiting hormone  
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what does growth hormone do?   show
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show increases rates of protein synthesis by binding to plasma membrane receptors which increase permeability to amino acids  
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show clusters of cells of the endocrine pancreas  
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show 1%  
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what % of cells are exocrine cells?   show
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alpha cells in islets of Langerhans?   show
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show produce insulin  
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delta cells in the islets of Langerhans?   show
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show inhibits release of pancreatic hormones such as insulin, glucagon and gastrin  
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epsilon cells in the islets of Langerhans?   show
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what does ghrelin do?   show
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show gamma cells/ F cells which produce pancreatic polypeptide  
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