Biologists and zoologists can use these science flash cards to learn about animal endocrinology
There are 24 flash cards in this set (4 pages to print.)
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Sample flash cards in this set:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Endocrinology | study of hormones and endocrine glands |
| Endocrine | hormones; organ that produces hormones that are secreted directly |
| Exocrine | organ that produces other to the outside of the body |
| Neural | nervous transition |
| Hormones | circulate in the body at all times; has to have receptive cells |
| Humeral | blood transmissions |
| Bioassay | measurement; inject hormones and observe effects it has on the animal |
| Radioimmunoassay | lab test that is a common standard to check the amount of hormone in an animal |
| Neurohormone | chemical messenger produced by nerve cells |
| Neurotransmitter | hormone produced at the nerve synapse(joining of two nerve cells/ neurons) |
| Parahormone | chemical messenger that resembles a hormone, but does not fit strict definition of a hormone |
| Pheromone | a chemical substance produced and released into the environment by an animal, esp. a mammal or an insect, affecting the behavior or physiology of others of its species. |
| Prohormone | chemical messenger that has to be altered some way before it can exert an effect on a |
| Steroids | estrogenic, androgenic, prostaglandinic; flow freely in and out of the cell and exert influence on cells by doing so |
| Estrogenic | female |
| Androgenic | male |
| Prostaglandins | all body cells |
| Proteins/Peptides | large molecules that won't go thru the cell wall but attach to it on target cells |
| Target cells | have to be receptive for hormones to work |
| Cyclic AMP (cAMP) | stimulated by adenyl cyclase; second messenger system that produces ATP and causes a reaction |
| Hormonal | a regulatory substance produced in an organism |
| Adenyl Cyclase | released and stimulated by peptides |
| Hormone Negative Feedback | hypothalamus will stop producing TSHRH if thyroxine increase in blood slows system down |
| Cerebral Cortex | intellectual functions part of brain. Connected to the hypothalamus |
