List the traditional Endocrine Glands (THEY HAVE DUCTLESS GLANDULAR STRUCTURES) - correct answer
-Hypothalamus
-Pituitary gland
-Thyroid gland
-Parathyroid gland
-Adrenal gland
-Ovaries
-Pancreas
-Testes
What secretes releasing hormones (GHRH, CRH, TRH, GnRH) and inhibitory hormones (somatostain,
dopamine, vasopressin, oxytocin)? - correct answer Hypothalamus
TSH, FSH, LH, Prolactin, Growth hormones, MSH and ACTH are all produced by which endocrine gland? -
correct answer Pituitary gland
T3, T4 and calcitonin are secreted by which traditional endocrine gland? - correct answer
Thyroid gland
What gland produces PTH? - correct answer Parathyroid gland
,Which traditional endocrine gland secretes cortisol, aldosterone, adrenal androgens, epinephrine and
norepinephrine? - correct answer Adrenal gland
Estrogen and Progesterone are secreted by what structure? - correct answer
Ovaries
What hormones are secreted by the pancreas? - correct answer Insulin, glucagon,
somatostain
Indicate what secretes testosterone? - correct answer Testes
Name what are considered Endocrine Cells (NONTRADITIONAL ENDOCRINE ORGANS) - correct answer
-Brain
-Heart
-Kidney
-Adipose
-Tissue
-Stomach
-Intestine
-Liver
, What are the placenta and angiotensin 2 considered? - correct answer others used
in the endocrine system
Hormones - correct answer chemical messengers/signaling molecules that traffic
information from one cell to another, typically through a soluble medium like the ECF, and exert a
biologic action on on a target cell
1. Contrast the terms endocrine, paracrine, autocrine, and neurocrine based on the site of hormone
release and the pathway to the target tissue. - correct answer
Endocrine cell to cell communication - correct answer hormone reaches site of
action via blood circulation
Paracrine cell to cell communication - correct answer cytokine secreted into the
interstitial fluid to act locally on target cells
Autocrine cell to cell communication - correct answer cytokine secreted into
interstitial fluid to act on the cell that produced it
Neuro(endo)crine cell to cell communication - correct answer hormone secreted
from neurons into the blood to act at a distance
2. Identify the four classes/groups of hormones. - correct answer -Protein
-Catecholamines
-Steroid hormones
-Thyroid hormones
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