A&P chapter 10

acts on bone marrow to increase the production of red blood cells.

tissues cannot take up glucose effectively, causing blood glucose levels to become very high

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

area of hypothalamus that controls appetite.

part of the pancreatic islets that secrete insulin

part of the pancreatic islets that secrete glucagon

cellular mass in the tissue of the pancreas. source of insulin and glucagon

a potent vasoconstrictor; and it stimulates the secretion of aldosterone from the adrenal cortex

converting enzyme

protein found in the blood that gives rise to angiotensin 1 after renin; enzyme secreted by kidneys, acts on it.

enzyme secreted by the kidney that converts the plasma protein angiotensinogen to angiotensin 1

an abnormally low rate of PTH secretion

an abnormally high rate of PTH secretion

enlargement of the thyroid gland

type of hyperthyroidism that results when the immune system produces abnormal proteins that are similar in structure and function to TSH

a lack of thyroid hormones

hypothyroidism in infants; causes mental retardation, short stature, & abnormally formed skeletal structures

elevated rate of thyroid hormone secretion, causes an increased metabolic rate, extreme nervousness, and chronic fatigue

antidiuretic hormone-binds to membrane-bound receptors and increases water reabsorption by kidney tubules

facial features & hands become abnormally large; result of giantism

abnormal growth in young people, when excess growth hormone is present before bones are finished growing in length; person is abnormally tall.

a young person who suffers from a deficiancy of growth hormones remains small, although normally proportioned

pituitary gland- secretes hormones that influence the function of several other glands & tissues. (controls other glands.)

existence and maintenance of a relatively constant environment within the body despite fluctuations in either the external and internal environment

tissue on which a hormone acts

chemical messengers, secreted by endocrine glands into blood that acts on a target tissue to produce a specific response

gland that secretes to a surface or outward through a duct

gland that secretes (hormones, etc) internally

Major systems that regulate homeostasis