BIOL 2160 Quiz: Ch 6 24 Endocrine Diabetes (got 93% on the test)

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Endocrine functions: a single gland may produce multiple hormones, ex. Anterior pituitary: a single hormone may be made by more than one gland, ex. Somatostatin (stomach, pancreas, hypothalamus: a hormone may have more than 1 target & response, ex. testosterone, some organs may be exclusively hormonal, ex. Anterior pituitary: some organs produce hormones & have other functions, ex. Primary endocrine organs: hypothalamus and pituitary gland fig 6. 2, pineal gland, thyroid gland and parathyroid glands, thymus, adrenal glands, pancreas, gonads. Hypothalamus and pituitary gland: hypothalamus in brain, pituitary gland, anterior lobe (nose side) fig 6. 4, posterior lobe fig 6. 3. Target action: hormone, prolactin breast milk production, acth adrenal cortex release corticoids, gh bones & muscles growth in length make somatomedins, tsh thyroid gland release t3 & t4, lh leydig cells. Make testosterone: lh follicle ovulation make progesterone, fsh testes spermatogenesis, fsh ovaries.

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