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Salivary
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Example of an exocrine gland
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Endocrine
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Glands that secrete hormones directly into bloodstream
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Pancreas
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This organ produces the hormones insulin and glucagon thereby qualifying it as an endocrine gland
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Insulin
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When this hormone is secreted, glucose is taken up by the cells
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FHS
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Gonadotropin hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland in both sexes
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Hypothalamus
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This gland belongs to both the nervous and endocrine systems
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Peptide
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These hormones bind to receptors in the Plasma (cell) membrane
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Oxytocin
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Hormone secreted by hypothalamus
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LH
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Hormone produced by anterior pituitary, in the female it's target organ is the ovaries (corpus luteum)
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Acromegaly |
Disorder caused by an overproduction of growth hormone in an adult
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Adrenal
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Endocrine glands located above the kidneys
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Melatonin
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Hormone produced by the pineal gland
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Growth
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Non trophic hormone produced by anterior pituitary because it DOES NOT have another endocrine gland as a target organ
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Throid
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This endocrine gland can become enlarged forming a goiter if iodine is absent from the diet.
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GnRH
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Hormone produced by the Hypothalamus, stimulates anterior pituitary to produce FSH and LH
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