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DPT 540- ENDOCRINE SYSTEM EXAM QUESTIONS AND

ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++


endocrine system

composed of various glands located throughout the body that synthesize and release

hormones

- helps to maintain homeostasis

hormones

chemical messengers transported by the bloodstream to cells and organs that they

regulate

- released in one part of body but regulate the activity of cells in other parts of the body

- slower onset but longer acting

functions of endocrine system

- differentiation of reproductive system and CNS of the developing fetus

- stimulation of sequential growth and development during childhood and adolescent

- coordination of male and female reproductive systems

- maintenance of optimal internal environment throughout lifespan

- initiation of corrective and adaptive responses when emergency demands occur

impact of aging on endocrine system

disruption in feedback loops in neuroendocrine glands making it more difficult to

maintain homeostasis

- decrease metabolic rate

, - changes in skin collagen

- loss of body hari

- decrease in glucose homeostasis

- reproductive function

- calcium metabolism

adipose tissue

secretes several hormones responsible for metabolism, hunger, vasoconstriction, and

cellular growth

- ex: leptin

ectopic hormone production

production and secretion of hormones for a source other than the normal source of the

hormone

- ex: tumor cells

hypothalamus

main integrative center for endocrine and autonomic nervous system

controls anterior and posterior pituitary glands

tropic (stimulating ) hormones

hormones in which other endocrine glands are their target

- FSH, LH, ACTH, TSH

effector hormones

hormones that have a specific action

-ADH, oxytocin, GH, prolactin

pituitary gland

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