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Endocrine System

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Which organ isn’t a part of endocrine gland but still is in endocrine system

Back (Answer)

Thalamus and hypothalamus

#2
Front (Question)

Hormone?

Back (Answer)

Low molecular weight chemically heterogeneous non nutrient substance that transport intercellularly and act as a signal molecule

#3
Front (Question)

Chemical classification of hormone?

Back (Answer)

Lipid soluble and water soluble

#4
Front (Question)

Lipid soluble hormone?

Back (Answer)

Steroid hormones and thyroid hormone

#5
Front (Question)

Water soluble hormones

Back (Answer)

Amine hormones, peptide and protein hormones

#6
Front (Question)

Steroid hormones derived from?

Back (Answer)

Cholesterol

#7
Front (Question)

Thyroid hormone derived from?

Back (Answer)

Addition of iodine with tyrosine

#8
Front (Question)

Amine hormones formed? Ex?

Back (Answer)

Formed by decarboxylation of amino acid. Norepinephrine, epinephrine and dopamine by modification of tyrosine

#9
Front (Question)

Peptide hormone and eg?

Back (Answer)

3 to 49 aa. Eg. Oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone

#10
Front (Question)

Protein hormones? Eg? Hormone with carbohydrates?

Back (Answer)

50 to 200aa. Eg. Human growth hormone and insuline Thyroid stimulating hormone is attached to carbohydrates

#11
Front (Question)

What connects the hypothalamus and pituitary gland

Back (Answer)

Infundibulum

#12
Front (Question)

Name the hormones hypothalamus secretes?

Back (Answer)

Thyrotropin releasing hormone Gonadotropin releasing hormone Growth hormone releasing hormone Corticotropin releasing hormone Prolactin inhibiting hormone

#13
Front (Question)

What inhibits growth hormone

Back (Answer)

Somatostatin

#14
Front (Question)

Two forms of somatostatin

Back (Answer)

Somatostatin 14 : hypothalamus and pancreas Somatostatin 28: intestine

#15
Front (Question)

What is anterior and posterior pituitary also called

Back (Answer)

Anterior: adenohypophysis Posterior: Neurohypophysis

#16
Front (Question)

Two portions of anterior pituitary

Back (Answer)

Pars distalis and pars intermedia

#17
Front (Question)

Growth hormone is also called

Back (Answer)

Somatotropin

#18
Front (Question)

How does growth hormone work?

Back (Answer)

Growth hormone promotes the movement of amino acids into the cell that turns into protein and produces growth. Indirectly they stimulate mitogen-like insulin-like growth factors that promote cell division.

#19
Front (Question)

What decreases the lactogenic effect

Back (Answer)

High level of progesterone

#20
Front (Question)

Prolactin gives negative feedback to?

Back (Answer)

GnRH

#21
Front (Question)

Tropic hormone

Back (Answer)

The hormones that stimulates other hormones to stimulate the release of other hormone

#22
Front (Question)

ADCT stimulates the release of?

Back (Answer)

Corticosteroid

#23
Front (Question)

What does FSH do?

Back (Answer)

Development of follicles, secretion of estrogen. Males: production of sperm

#24
Front (Question)

What does LH do?

Back (Answer)

Production of corpus luteum, secretion of progesterone Males: secretion testosterone