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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Endocrine Basics}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Endocrine glands/organs aren't physically connected} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 0) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Functions}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Controls growth, metabolism, sexual activity, mental functions \& emotions} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 0) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Hormones}}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Causes an action} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Endocrine gland → bloodstream → target organ/gland} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Acts as a lock \& key on specific organs} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Glands}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Endocrine Glands}} & \{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Exocrine Glands}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Ductless & \{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Has ducts connecting to another structure \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Hormones directly into bloodstream & \{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Hormones directly between structures \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Thyroid Gland}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Makes T₃ \& T₄ hormones} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 0) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} {\bf{T₃ \& T₄ (Thyronine) Hormones}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Controls metabolism} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Influences growth, liver, brain \& heart function} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Makes O₂ more available in mitochondria → ATP increase} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 0) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Calcitonin}}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Reduces Ca⁺ levels in blood} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Parathyroid Gland}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Regulates Ca⁺ levels in blood} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 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\hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pancreas}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Functions}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Endocrine:}} Regulates \{\{nl\}\} glucose levels & {\bf{Exocrine:}} Digestive \{\{nl\}\} related \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 0) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} {\bf{GABI Of The Islet Of Langerhan}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} {\bf{G}}lucagon {\bf{A}}lpha {\bf{B}}eta {\bf{I}}nsulin} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 0) % Row 6 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x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Calcitonin Vs Parathyroid Hormone}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Calcitonin}} & \{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Parathyroid Hormone}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Stimulates Ca⁺ excretion from intestines & \{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Stimulates Ca⁺ absorption from intestines \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Stimulates Ca⁺ storage in bones & \{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Stimulates Ca⁺ removal from bones into blood \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Stimulates Ca⁺ excretion from blood to urine via kidneys & \{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Stimulates Ca⁺ reabsorption in kidneys \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Gonads}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Hormone-secreting organs/glands of reproductive system} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Includes testes \& ovaries} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Releases sex hormones} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Posterior (Back) Pituitary Gland}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Antidieuretic Hormone (ADH)}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Stimulates water reabsorption in 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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Cortisol}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Deals with chronic stress} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 0) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Aldosterone}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Stimulates salt reabsorption} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\} Increases Na⁺ levels in blood} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 0) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Sex Hormones (Oestrogen, Testosterone)}}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 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