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chap 13 n 18
hormones, sex and disorder
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Physiology
Undergraduate 3
05/02/2010

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exocrine glands
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release chemicals into ducts and carry them to their targets
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endocrine glands
Definition
ductless, release their chemicals(hormones) into circulatory system.
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amino acid derivative hormones
Definition
type of hormone; synthesized in few steps from an amino acid
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peptide and protein hormones
Definition
chains of amino acids; peptide short chain and protein long chain.
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steroid hormones
Definition
synthesized from cholesterol. play a major role in sex and behavior
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gonads
Definition
male testes and female ovaries
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androgens
Definition
main class of gonadal hormones
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estrogens
Definition
main class of gonadal hormones
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progesterone
Definition
prepares the breast and uterus for pregnancy.
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posterior pituitary
Definition
develops from small outgrowth of hypothalamic tissue that eventually forms the hypothalamus on the end of the pituitary stalk
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anterior pituitary
Definition
part of the pituitary stalk that develops into the roof of the mouth. This release tropic hormones
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bipolar affective disorder (manic depression)
Definition
depressive people who expierence periods of mania
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unipolar affective disorder
Definition
depressives who don't suffer from mania
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reactive depression
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depression onset by an event, death, loss of job
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endogenous depression
Definition
depression with no apparent cause
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