ATI TEAS Endocrine System (Hormones)
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Hypothalamus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Small collection of nuclei with many
important homeostatic functions - regulation of hunger, thirst, fluid balance,
body temp., sleep/wake cycle.
What two hormones are produced by the hypothalamus? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔1.ADH - Anti-diuretic hormone
2. Oxytocin
ADH - Anti-diuretic hormone - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Produced by the
hypothalamus
Controls water balance - increase the amount of water retained by the
kidneys.
Diuretic vs. Anti-diuretic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Diuretic = a chemical that
increases urine production - which decreases the amount of water in the
body.
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, Anti-diuretic = Increases the amount of water retained by the body,
therefore decreasing urine production.
Oxytocin - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔(Females only) A hormone produced by the
hypothalamus. Stimulates uterine contractions during birth also is triggered
by infant suckling to stimulate milk ejection by binding to mammary glands.
The hypothalamus works directly with which endocrine gland? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pituitary Gland
What connects the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary gland? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Infundibulum - a stalk like structure
What component of the pituitary gland is made up of nervous tissue and
does not produce any hormones? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The posterior pituitary
gland (neuronohypophysis)
What component of the pituitary gland is composed of hormone - secreting
glandular epithelium? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Anterior pituitary gland
(adenohypophysis) (adeno = gland)
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2024/2025 Exam Questions and Detailed
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Hypothalamus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Small collection of nuclei with many
important homeostatic functions - regulation of hunger, thirst, fluid balance,
body temp., sleep/wake cycle.
What two hormones are produced by the hypothalamus? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔1.ADH - Anti-diuretic hormone
2. Oxytocin
ADH - Anti-diuretic hormone - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Produced by the
hypothalamus
Controls water balance - increase the amount of water retained by the
kidneys.
Diuretic vs. Anti-diuretic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Diuretic = a chemical that
increases urine production - which decreases the amount of water in the
body.
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, Anti-diuretic = Increases the amount of water retained by the body,
therefore decreasing urine production.
Oxytocin - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔(Females only) A hormone produced by the
hypothalamus. Stimulates uterine contractions during birth also is triggered
by infant suckling to stimulate milk ejection by binding to mammary glands.
The hypothalamus works directly with which endocrine gland? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pituitary Gland
What connects the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary gland? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Infundibulum - a stalk like structure
What component of the pituitary gland is made up of nervous tissue and
does not produce any hormones? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The posterior pituitary
gland (neuronohypophysis)
What component of the pituitary gland is composed of hormone - secreting
glandular epithelium? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Anterior pituitary gland
(adenohypophysis) (adeno = gland)
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