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Name 10 main functions of the Endocrine system
Man, fuck tissue, I want her blood, are you?
- Metabolism
- Food- intake and digestion
- tissue maturation
- ion regulation
- Water balance
- Heart rate and blood pressure
- Blood glucose and other nutrients
- Reproductive functions
- Uterine contractions
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Endocrine secrete where?
Into blood
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Exocrine secretes where?
Secrete into ducts or hollow organs, or surface of skin,
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What controls the activity of the pit gland?
the hypothalmus
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What is phosporolation?
Membrane bound receptors. Enzymes that regulate other enzymes by attaching and enzyme to them.
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What does glucagon do?
binds to surface receptors of liver cells (making this a water-soluable, g protein activating cell)stimulating enzymes which break down glycogen into glucose which realeases from liver.
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Hormones from the ant. pit. are called
tropic hormones
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Hormones
Travel in blood stream to act on target tissues
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Where exocrine secrets and 4 ex:
- Secrete into ducts or hollow organs, or surface of skin,
- Milk
- saliva
- sweat
- digestive
- enzymes
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The anterior pit aka ?
2. produces what hormones?
3. target and function
4. where did it originate from?
adenohypophesis
- 2. Oxytocin
- Target: Uterus and mam glands
- Function: Uterine contractions and ejection of milk from boobs
- ADH
- Target: Kidneys
- Function: Causes re-uptake of water to prevent loss from urine
Originated from mouth
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Posterior pit aka ?
Where did it come from?
How many hormones? EDIT!
Neuorhypophesis
Originated from
Can secrete 9 hormones
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