Study guide

Female gonads

Ovaries

Male Gonads

Testes

Female hormones secreted by female gonads

Estrogen + progesterone

Male hormones secreted by male gonads

Testosterone

Type 2 diabetes

Oral diabetic medication + diet and exercise

Type 1 diabetes

Insulin + oral meds + diet and exercise

Master gland

Pituitary gland

ADH / anti diuretic hormone

Vasopressin, a hormone that regulates the body’s water balance

Pineal gland

Produces melatonin

Condition a baby has when parent have hyperthyroidism

Congenital hypothyroidism

TSH

Thyroid stimulating hormone

ACTH

Adrenocorticotropic hormone

LH

Luteinizing hormone

FSH

Follicle- stimulating hormone

Overproduced hormone that causes gigantism (which causes their physical deformities)

Growth hormone

Enlarged gland that protrudes out of the neck

Goiter

Hypothalamus is responsible for

Releasing prolactin

Side effects in males caused by antibiotic steroids

• Anger outburst

• Breast development

• ED

Side effects in females caused by antibiotic steroids

• deep voice

• Breast tissue shrinks

• Hair development

Adrenal glands

Small glands located on top of the kidney that produce adrenaline + epinephrine

-crine

To secrete

End/o

Within, inner

Anabolic steroids

Increase muscle mass and supports the immune system

Graves’ disease

Is expothalmos, aka bulging eyes cause by hyperthyroidism

Glucagon

Increases blood sugar

Insulin

Decreases blood sugar

NIDDM

Type 2 diabetes

IDDM

Type 1 diabetes

MIDDM

Maternally inherited diabetes

The thyroid gland

Is a butterfly shaped organ that is responsible for releasing the hormones: T3 (triiodothyronine) and T4 ( thyroxine) + TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)

Homeostasis

Set point, normal function