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1.
what is the definition of a hormone?
Answer: an organic chemical substance, usually a protein but sometimes a steroid, secreted by Endocrine glands
2.
How do Exo- and Endocrine glands differ?
Answer: Exocrine - secretions carried in ducts to their target organ (eg. salivary glands) Endocrine - no ducts, secretions carried in bloodstream to target organ(eg pituitary)
3.
Where is the Hypothalamus found and what is one of its hormones it secretes?
Answer: Part of the brain (at the base) ADH (Anti-diuretic Hormone)
4.
What is the role of ADH and what does it stand for?
Answer: -Helps conserve water by causing more sodium ions to be reabsorbed into the blood (osmoregulation) -Anti-diuretic Hormone
5.
Which gland is often called the \'master gland\'? and where is it found in the body?
Answer: Pituitary gland, attached to the hypothalamus by a short stalk (at the base of the brain)
6.
what are the abbreviations for the 7 hormones (that we need to know) secreted by the Pituitary gland?
Answer: TSH FSH LH ACTH ICST GH/STH and prolactin (no abbreviation)
7.
What does TSH stand for and what is its function?
Answer: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Stimulated thyroid gland to secrete Thyroxine
8.
what does FSH stand for and what is its function?
Answer: Follicle Stimulating Hormone Females: stimulates oogenesis in the ovary (egg formation) Males: stimulates spermatogenesis in the testis (sperm production)
9.
What does LH stand for and what is its function?
Answer: Luteinising Hormone stimulates ovulation and corpus luteum formation
10.
what is the function of Prolactin?
Answer: stimulates the production of milk in the mammary glands, also responsible for the maternal instinct
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