second major controlling system of the body
Endocrine system acts with nervous system to help coordinate and integrate the activity of the body's
cells
chemical messengers the endocrine system employs that are released into the
Hormones
blood to be transported throughout the body
Target organs organs that respond to a particular hormone
Anterior pituitary
Which hormone-producing glands are Thyroid
endocrine? Adrenals
Parathyroid
Which hormone-producing glands are pancreas
endocrine and exocrine? gonads
How do endocrine glands release their release their hormones directly into the blood or lymph (ductless)
hormones?
How do exocrine glands release their release their products at the body's surface or outside an epithelial membrane via
hormones? ducts
Where are non-endocrine hormone- within the intestine, stomach, kidney, and placenta
producing cells located?
What is the pituitary gland also known as? Hypophysis
Where is the pituitary gland located? located in the concavity of the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone
What are two lobes of the pituitary gland? anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis) and posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis)
The pituitary gland is attached to the infundibulum
hypothalamus by a stalk...this stalk is
called?
What is a tropic hormone? stimulates its target organ (endocrine gland) to secrete its hormones
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Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
What are the four tropic hormones of the Luteinizing hormone (LH)
anterior pituitary? Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)/thyrotropin
What group is FSH and LH a part of? Gonadotropins
regulate gamete production and hormonal activity of the gonads (ovaries and
What do FSH and LH do?
testes)
What does ACTH do? regulates the endocrine activity of the cortex portion of the adrenal gland
What does TSH/thyrotropin do? influences the growth and activity of the thyroid gland
What hormones are not directly involved in Growth hormone (GH)
the regulation of other endocrine glands Prolactin (PRL)
and are produced by the anterior pituitary?
a general metabolic hormone that plays an important role in determining body size,
What does GH do?
major effects are exerted on the growth of muscle and long bones of the body
What does hyposecretion of GH cause? results in pituitary dwarfism in children
causes gigantism in children and acromegaly (overgrowth of bones in hands, feet,
What does hypersecretion of GH cause?
and face) in adults
stimulates breast development and promotes and maintains lactation by the
What does PRL do?
mammary glands after childbirth, may stimulate testosterone production in males
What are other secretory products of the Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH), endorphins, lipotropin
anterior pituitary?
What gland is also known as the master anterior pituitary
endocrine gland because it controls the
activity of so many other endocrine
glands?
What controls the release of hormones neurosecretions (releasing or inhibiting hormones) produced by the neurons of the
from the anterior pituitary? ventral hypothalamus
What are hypothalamic hormones freed hypophyseal portal system
into to serve the circulatory needs of the
anterior pituitary?
What structure acts as a storage area for Posterior pituitary
hormones transported to it via the axons of
neurons in the paraventricular and
supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus?
Why is the posterior pituitary not an it does not synthesize the hormones it releases
endocrine gland?
What are the hormones that are released Oxytocin
from the posterior pituitary? Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
stimulates powerful uterine contractions during childbirth and coitus and also causes
What is oxytocin do?
milk ejection in the lactating mother
causes the distal and collecting tubules of the kidneys to reabsorb more water from
What does ADH do? the urinary filtrate, reduce urine output, conserves body water, minor role in
increasing blood pressure
diabetes insipidus: dehydration from excessive urine output
What does hyposecretion of ADH cause?
experience insatiable thirst
What does hypersecretion of ADH cause? results in edema, headache, and disorientation
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