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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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