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Pineal gland controls what? |
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Pituitary gland is also known as? |
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Pituitary gland is located where? |
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Pituitary gland produces what hormones? |
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Anterior hormones act on what? |
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the bones, adrenals, thyroid gland, testes, ovaries and mammary glands |
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Posterior antidiuretic hormone affects what? |
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Posterior hormones produce oxytocin that affects what? |
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uterus and mammary glands |
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Thyroid hormone, T3 and T4, regulates what? |
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metabolic rate of all cells and the process of cell growth and tissue differentiation |
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Thyroid gland produces calcitonin that does what? |
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Controls calcium content of blood |
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There are how many parathyroids and where are they usually located? |
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4 on back of the thyroid, but occasionally 5 |
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Parathyroids produce parathormone that regulates what? |
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Adrenal glands are located where? |
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Adrenal glands produce what? |
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Epinephrine and norepinephrine - flight or fight response |
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Functions mostly in childhood, atrophies into fatty tissue as adults |
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Pancreas as dual functions - what are they? |
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exocrine for digestion and endocrine for regulating blood sugar |
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Pancreas produces beta cells that do what? |
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Aortic body is located where? |
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measures blood pressure, carbon dioxide and pH |
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Carotid body is located where? |
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Near the fork of the carotid artery |
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measures oxygen and carbon dioxide |
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