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Thyroid :

Calcitonin :

Takes ____________________ out of the blood and into the ____________________

Made by the ____________________ cells of the thyroid

Thyroxine :

Major hormone from the thyroid to regulate ____________________

Triiodothyronine :

Chemically more active than thyroxine . Important in maintaining ____________________ metabolism

Decreased thyroid hormones produce a cretin in children or ____________________ in the adult .

Increase produces increased metabolic processes , increased ____________________ and may lead to Graves disease .

Parathyroid

____________________ blood calcium , decreases reabsorption of phosphates .

Parathormone :

Takes calcium ____________________ of the ____________________ and into the blood stream .

Important in many enzyme reaction and for ____________________ of muscles .

Decrease produces ____________________ or muscle twitches .

Increases seen in osteitis fibrosa cystica .

Increases in the blood produce ____________________ in the kidneys

Adrenal : ( cortex )

Zona Glomerulosa
Aldosterone
Salt
Zona Fasciculata
Cortisol
Sugar
Zona Reticularis
Androgen
Sex

Aldosterone :

A mineralocorticoid that ____________________ sodium excretion by the kidneys and ____________________ potassium excretion .

Cortisol :

A glucorticoids that controls metabolism of ____________________ , fats and proteins

Adrenal : ( medulla )

Medulla is derived from neural crest cells

Secretes ____________________ and ____________________

Acts as postganglionic sympathetic nervous system

Epinephrine and norepinephrine both secreted in response to sympathetic stimulation

Somastostatin :

Made in the hypothalamus to inhibit growth hormone

Also made by the delta cellsof the pancreas to inhibit insulin and glucagon in the pancreas , gastrin in the gastric mucosa , secretin in the intestinal mucosa and renin in the kidneys .

Somatomedin :

A peptide formed in the liver and other tissues which mediates the effects of growth hormone on ____________________ .

Ovaries

Estrogen

Produced by the ovarian follicle after stimulation by ____________________ . Thickens the lining of the uterus in the proliferative phage of the ____________________ cycle ( 1st stage )

Progesterone

Produced by the corpus luteum ____________________ ovulation .

Increases thickness of the uterine lining to make it ready for ____________________ .

Increases in 2nd stage of the menstrual cycle called ____________________ stage .

Also responsible for increase in body temperature ( called ____________________ hormone ) .

Testosterone :

Produced by interstitial cells of ____________________ in testes .








Pancreas :

Insulin :

Secreted by the beta cells in response to ____________________ .

Takes sugar out of the ____________________ and into the blood tissues .

Glucagon :

Responsible for ____________________ blood sugar .

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