Endocrine System Overview
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What are the functions of the Endocrine System?

  • Control of blood pressure, regulation of heart rate, and tissue development
  • Uterine contractions, milk release, and control of blood glucose
  • Control of food intake and digestion, water balance, and immune system regulation
  • Metabolism control, ion regulation, and control of reproductive functions (correct)

    • What is the principal means by which coordination occurs in the body?

  • Prostaglandins
  • Leukotrienes
  • Paracrine chemical messengers
  • Autocrine chemical messengers (correct)

    • What do endocrine glands secrete?

  • Neurotransmitters
  • Enzymes
  • Hormones (correct)
  • Antibodies

    • Where are the Pancreas (islets) located?

    <p>Throughout the body</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which chemical messengers act locally on nearby cells?

    <p>Eicosanoids</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of the Greek word 'endo' in relation to endocrine glands?

    <p>'Within'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of chemical messenger is released during allergic reactions and stimulates vasodilation in nearby blood vessels?

    <p>Paracrine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of glands secrete minute amounts of chemical messengers called hormones into the bloodstream, rather than into a duct?

    <p>Endocrine glands</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of chemical messenger is secreted by cells in a local area and influences the activity of the same cell from which it was secreted?

    <p>Autocrine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which category of hormones includes steroid hormones, thyroid hormones, and fatty acid derivative hormones?

    <p>Lipid-soluble hormones</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do lipid-soluble hormones and water-soluble hormones have in common?

    <p>Both bind to specific receptors in the target tissue</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which chemical messenger is produced by neurons and travels short distances to influence postsynaptic cells?

    <p>Acetylcholine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of glands have ducts that carry their secretions to the outside of the body or into a hollow organ?

    <p>Exocrine glands</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for chemical messengers secreted into the blood by specialized cells that travel some distance to target tissues?

    <p>Hormone</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Greek word for 'to secrete' from which the term hormone is derived?

    <p>Krino</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does somatostatin do?

    <p>Inhibits insulin secretion</p> Signup and view all the answers

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