Final Exam: BIOS 252 / BIOS252 Anatomy and Physiology II Exam Review| Rated A |Questions and Verified Answers (2023/ 2024) -Chamberlain
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What
... [Show More] are the structures of the brain?
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How do exocrine glands function?
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Excrete their substances through ducts
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How do endocrine glands function?
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Excrete their substance directly into bloodstream or free surface
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What are some exocrine glands?
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sudoriferous (sweat), sebaceous (oil), mucous, digestive, salivary, parotid, and several others throughout the body
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What are some endocrine glands?
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pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, thymus, adrenal, ovaries/testes/pancreas (these can be both endo and exo), and pineal glands
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What are paracrines?
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Local hormones that do not circulate
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What are autocrines?
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Hormones that act on the cell that released them
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What are endocrine hormones?
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Can be used by any part of the body
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What are characteristics of water-soluble hormones?
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Cannot penetrate through cell membrane unless a special channel is present. Most are larger in size. They rely on second messenger proteins to affect the inside of a cell.
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What are characteristics of lipid-soluble hormones?
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circulate bound to transport proteins
Can directly pass through cell membrane and cause transcription DNA changes directly in the nucleus
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What are some lipid soluble hormones?
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Thyroid hormones, Steroids, Nitric Oxide
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What are some water soluble hormones?
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Amine hormones, Peptide and Protein Hormones, Eicosanoid Hormones
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What system connects hypothalamus with pituitary?
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hypophyseal portal system
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What does anterior pituitary secrete?
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Human Growth Hormone (HGH): Makes person grow and develop
Thyroid-stimulating Hormone (TSH): Acts on thyroid to stimulate thyroid hormones
Follicle-stimulating Hormone (FSH): Stimulates gonads
Luteinizing Hormone (LH): Stimulates gonads
Prolactin (PRL): Stimulates milk production
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH): Works on adrenal cortex and causes person to start making specific hormones
Melanocyte-stimulating Hormone (MSH): Stimulate melanocyte production [Show Less]