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BIOS 252 Week 2 KN

• Hypothalamus

–Answer A neural structure lying below the thalamus; it directs several maintenance activities (eating, drinking, body temperature), helps govern the en- docrine system via the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion and reward.

• Infundibulum

–Answer A stalk that attaches the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus.

• Pituitary

–Answer at the base of the brain; stimulates growth and controls functions of other glands (master gland)

• Pineal Gland

–Answer secretes melatonin

• Thyroid Gland

–Answer produces hormones that regulate metabolism, body heat, and bone growth

• Parathyroid Gland

–Answer any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland

• Thymus

–Answer Gland in the thoracic cavity above the heart where T lymphocytes mature.

• Pancreas

–Answer Regulates the level of sugar in the blood

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–Answer A pair of endocrine glands that sit just above the kidneys and secrete hormones that help arouse the body in times of stress.

• Testes

–Answer male gonads

• Ovaries

–Answer female gonads

• Prolactin Releasing Hormone (PRH)

–Answer Hypothalamus –Answer Stimulates release of prolactin (PRL)

• Prolactin inhibiting hormone (dopamine) (PIH)

–Answer Hypothalamus –Answer Inhibits re- lease of prolactin

• Growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH)

–Answer Hypothalamus –Answer Stimulates re- lease of GH

• Growth hormone inhibiting hormone (somatostatin) (GHIH)

–Answer Hypothalamus –Answer Inhibits release of GH

• Corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH)

–Answer Hypothalamus –Answer

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