A&P chapter 10

  1. acts on bone marrow to increase the production of red blood cells.
    Erythropoeitin
  2. tissues cannot take up glucose effectively, causing blood glucose levels to become very high
    hyperglycemia
  3. condition resulting from to little insulin secreted from the pancreatic islets; insufficient numbers of insuling receptors on target cells, or defective receptors that do not respond to insulin
    diabetes mellitus
  4. area of hypothalamus that controls appetite.
    satiety center
  5. part of the pancreatic islets that secrete insulin
    beta cells
  6. part of the pancreatic islets that secrete glucagon
    alpha cells
  7. cellular mass in the tissue of the pancreas. source of insulin and glucagon
    pancreatic islets
  8. a potent vasoconstrictor; and it stimulates the secretion of aldosterone from the adrenal cortex
    angiotensin 1
  9. converting enzyme
    angiotensin
  10. protein found in the blood that gives rise to angiotensin 1 after renin; enzyme secreted by kidneys, acts on it.
    angiotensinogen
  11. enzyme secreted by the kidney that converts the plasma protein angiotensinogen to angiotensin 1
    renin
  12. an abnormally low rate of PTH secretion
    hypothyroidism
  13. an abnormally high rate of PTH secretion
    hyperthyroidism
  14. enlargement of the thyroid gland
    Goiter
  15. type of hyperthyroidism that results when the immune system produces abnormal proteins that are similar in structure and function to TSH
    Grave's disease
  16. a lack of thyroid hormones
    hypothyroidism
  17. hypothyroidism in infants; causes mental retardation, short stature, & abnormally formed skeletal structures
    cretinism
  18. elevated rate of thyroid hormone secretion, causes an increased metabolic rate, extreme nervousness, and chronic fatigue
    hyperthroidism
  19. antidiuretic hormone-binds to membrane-bound receptors and increases water reabsorption by kidney tubules
    vasopression
  20. facial features & hands become abnormally large; result of giantism
    acromegaly
  21. abnormal growth in young people, when excess growth hormone is present before bones are finished growing in length; person is abnormally tall.
    giantism
  22. a young person who suffers from a deficiancy of growth hormones remains small, although normally proportioned
    pituitary dwarf
  23. pituitary gland- secretes hormones that influence the function of several other glands & tissues. (controls other glands.)
    master gland
  24. existence and maintenance of a relatively constant environment within the body despite fluctuations in either the external and internal environment
    homeostasis
  25. tissue on which a hormone acts
    target tissue
  26. chemical messengers, secreted by endocrine glands into blood that acts on a target tissue to produce a specific response
    hormone
  27. gland that secretes to a surface or outward through a duct
    exocrine gland
  28. gland that secretes (hormones, etc) internally
    endocrine gland
  29. Major systems that regulate homeostasis
    • Nervous
    • Endocrine
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A&P chapter 10
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chapter 10 the endocrine system
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