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APHY 102 HEART EXAM IVY TECH 2024/2025
ACTUAL EXAM 150 ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Terms in this set (177)
Hormones are chemical messengers that are
responsible for regulation. They are secreted into
What is a hormone and
body fluids, mainly blood. It has specific actions on
how does it act?
target tissues, which are any tissue that has specific
receptors for that particular hormone.
a secretion that enters interstitial fluid but affects only
What is a paracrine gland?
neighboring cells
What is an autocrine A secretion that only affects the secreting cell.
gland?
What is an endocrine A gland that secretes a substance (a hormone) into
gland? the bloodstream and act on target cells
What is an exocrine A ducted gland that produces a secretion onto a
gland? body surface.
Where is the thymus mediastinum; behind the sternum
located?
Where is the pineal gland center of brain
located?
Where are the abdomen; pelvic
reproductive organs
located?
Where is the pituitary sella turcica of the sphenoid bone; base of the brain
gland located?
, Where are the adrenal on top of each kidney
glands located?
Where is the pancreas posterior to the stomach
located?
What are the two steroid Sex hormones and adrenal cortex hormones;
hormones? estrogen and testosterone
-diffuse through cell membranes into cytoplasm or
nucleus
Describe steroid
-combine with a receptor molecule binding to DNA
hormones
-promote transcription of mRNA
-mRNA enters cytoplasm directing protein synthesis
Amines, proteins, peptides, and glycoproteins. The
endocrine gland secretes nonsteroid hormones,
Describe non-steroid which body fluid carries hormone to its target cell.
hormones. Hormone combines with receptor site on membrane
of its target cell, activating G protein. Cellular changes
produce the hormone's effects.
The anterior pituitary becomes an endocrine gland
producing and secreting hormones for the body and
connects to the posterior pituitary when fully formed.
How is the anterior
Meanwhile, the posterior pituitary remains connected
pituitary gland different
to the hypothalamus, functioning as a repository for
than the posterior pituitary
hormones produced by the hypothalamus and
gland?
receiving messages from it that regulate when
hormones are to be released to and through the
anterior pituitary
What regulates pituitary Hypothalamus
gland secretion?
stimulate other endocrine glands to release
Describe tropic hormones
hormones
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