​​Hormones and the Endocrine System (copy)

Antidiuretic hormone

________ (ADH) contributes to the regulation of kidney function.

HORMONES

________: chemical signals that cause a response n target cells.

Target

________: distal tubule and collecting duct.

HYPOTHALAMUS

________: receives information from the nerves throughout the body and from other parts of the brain and then initiates endocrine signals in response.

TROPIC HORMONES

________: ones that affect other endocrine glands.

ANTERIOR PITUITARY

________: consists of endocrine cells that synthesize and secrete several hormones.

FOLICLE

________ STIMULATING HORMONES: stimulates development of the ovarian follicles in females and promotes spermatogenesis in males by acting on the cells in seminiferous tubules.

OXYTOCIN

________: causes the contraction of the uterine muscles.

POSTERIOR PITUITARY

________: extension of the hypothalamus that stores and releases these two hormones.

NEGATIVE FEEDBACK

POSITIVE AND ________: regulates most endocrine secretion.

Endocrine

________ glands respond to diverse stimuli in regulating homeostasis, development, and behavior.

POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOP

________: reinforce a stimulus leading to an even greater response.

feedback loop

A(n) ________ linking the response back to the initial stimulus is characteristic of hormone control pathways.

ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE

________: makes collecting tubules of the kidney more permeable to water, releasing water retention.

Hormones

________ and other signaling molecules bind to larger receptors, triggering specific response pathways.

HORMONE

LUTENIZING ________: triggers ovulation of females and stimulates the production of testosterone by the interstadial call of the testes.