NR 507 EDAPT ENDOCRINE SYSTEM EDAPT PRACTICE SOLUTION STUDY SHEET QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS

NR 507 EDAPT ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
EDAPT PRACTICE SOLUTION STUDY SHEET
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS

●● Homeostasis
Answer: process through which the body maintains constant internall
enviroment


●● Hormones
Answer: chemical messangers secreted into bloodstream by endocrine
glands


●● How do hormones differ?
Answer: They all have specialized functions


●● How do you test hormone levels?
Answer: blood and urine tests


●● endocrine glands
Answer: produce hormones, no ducts


●● endo-

,Answer: within


●● -crine
Answer: secrete


●● How many major glands make up endocrine system? list them
Answer: 13-
-pituitary gland (1)
-pineal gland (1)
-Thyroid gland (1)
-Parathyroid (4)
-Thymus (1)
-pancreas (1)
-adrenal glands (2)
-gonads (2)


●● What is the pituitary gland aka?
Answer: hypophysis


●● pituitary gland
Answer: Secretes Horomones that control activitys of other endocrine
gland.

,●● How is the pituitary gland divided into and where is it located?
Answer: Divided into two lobes, posterior/anterior, is found below
hypothalamus


●● What is the function of the pituitary gland?
Answer: Responds To stimuli of nuerohormones secreted by
hypothalamus


●● adrenocortictropic
Answer: stimulates the growth and secretion of adrenal cortex


●● adren/o
Answer: adrenal


●● cortic/o
Answer: cortex


●● trop
Answer: change


●● follicle-stimulating hormone
Answer: stimulates production of ova and sperm

, ●● growth hormone
Answer: regulates the growth of bone, muscle, and other body tissues


●● Growth hormone aka?
Answer: somatotropic hormone


●● somat/o
Answer: body


●● trop
Answer: change


●● latogenic hormone
Answer: stimulates and maintains secretion of breast milk after child
birth.


●● luteinizing hormone
Answer: stimulates ovulation infemales and secretion of testosterone in
males


●● melanocyte-stimulating hormone