NHA CCMA BODY STRUCTURES AND ORGAN SYSTEMS

Aldosterone

Adrenal cortex

Regulates electrolytes and fluid volume

Cortisol

Adrenal cortex

Regulates carbohydrates

Epinephrine

Adrenal medulla

Fight or flight

Give with lidocaine for vasoconstriction to reduce bleeding and prolong anesthetic effects

Norepinephrine

Adrenal medulla

Vasoconstriction

Antidiuretic hormone

Hypothalamus (produced) and posterior pituitary (released)

Stimulates resorption of water in kidneys

Oxytocin

Hypothalamus (produced) and posterior pituitary (released)

Stimulates uterine contractions during labor/release of breastmilk

Released when people snuggle/bond, "love/cuddle hormone"

Estrogen

Ovaries

Secondary sex characteristics in females, regulates menses

Progesterone

Ovaries

Prepares body for pregnancy

Glucagon

Pancreas (alpha cells)

Increases blood sugar

Insulin

Pancreas (beta cells)

Lowers blood sugar

Parathyroid hormone

Parathyroid gland

Decreases bone calcium/increases blood calcium

Melatonin

Pineal gland

Regulates onset of puberty, biological clock

Growth hormone

Anterior pituitary

Stimulates body growth

Melanocyte-stimulating hormone

Anterior pituitary

Stimulates skin pigment

Adrenocorticotropic hormone

Anterior pituitary

Regulates adrenal cortex

Thyroid-stimulating hormone

Anterior pituitary

Stimulates thyroid gland

Follicle-stimulating hormone

Anterior pituitary

Stimulates growth of ova/sperm

Luteinizing hormone

Anterior pituitary

Stimulates ovulation (females) and testosterone production (males)

Prolactin

Anterior pituitary

Stimulates milk production

Testosterone

Testes

Sperm production, secondary sex characteristics in males

Thymosin

Thymus

Development of T-cells

T3 and T4

Thyroid

Cellular metabolism

Calcitonin

Thyroid

Increases bone calcium/decreases blood calcium

Epithelial membranes

cutaneous, mucous, serous

synovial is a connective tissue membrane

naturally acquired active immunity

Person has infectious disease and recovers and develops antibodies against the pathogen that caused the disease

artificially acquired active immunity

antibodies are made due to exposure to a vaccine

naturally acquired passive immunity

conferred by transfer of maternal antibodies across placenta or in breast milk, short lasting

artificially acquired passive immunity

Giving exposed person antibodies from another person who previously had the disease, short lasting

Bones in the body

206

Bones of the axial skeleton

80

Bones of the appendicular skeleton

126

Bones of the face

14