Flashcards
Hormones
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- 1Prolactinpeptide
anterior pituitary
mam glad/milk production - 2Growth Hormonepeptide
anterior pituitary
^ bone&musc growth&cell turnover - 3Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)peptide
anterior pituitary
^ synthesis&release of TH - 4Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)peptide
anterior pituitary
^ growth & secretory activity of ad ctx - 5Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)peptide
anterior pituitary
ovary/follicle dev, testes/spermatogenesis - 6Luteinizing Hormone (LH)peptide
anterior pituitary
ovary/ovulation; testes/testerone syn - 7Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)peptide
posterior pituitary
water retention - 8Oxytocinpeptide
posterior pituitary
breast milk letdwn, uterus contractn - 9Thyroid Hormone (TH)mod. aa
thyroid
^ metabolic rate & temp - 10Calcitoninpeptide
thyroid
decr [Ca2+] (bone & kidney) - 11Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)peptide
thyroid (parathyroid)
^ [Ca2+] (bone, kidney, sml intestine) - 12Epinephrinemod. aa
ad. medulla
sympathetic response - 13Thymosinpeptide
thymus
T cell dev during childhood
(children only) - 14Cortisolsteroid
ad. ctx
long-term stress response; ^[glucose], prot catabolim, decr inflammation&immunity - 15Aldosteronesteroid
ad. ctx
^ Na+ reabs (^bp) - 16Sex Hormonessteroids
ad. ctx
bad when adrenal tumour overprod these - 17Glucagonpeptide
pancreas (alpha)
^ bld glu & decr glycogen& fat store - 18Insulinpeptide
pancreas (beta)
decr [glucose] & ^ glycogen & fat store - 19Somatostatinpeptide
pancreas (delta)
inhibit digestive processes - 20Testosteronesteroid
testes
spermatogenesis - 21Estrogensteroid
ovaries/placenta
endometrial growth - 22Progesteronesteroid
ovaries/placenta
endometrial secretions - 23Releasing & Inhibiting Factorspeptide
hypothalamus
mod. ant. pituitary activity - 24Erythropoietinpeptide
kidney
^ RBC synthesis - 25Atrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF)peptide
heart
^urination (decr bp)
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- Bachelors Biology Flashcards on Hormones, created by try2bangel on 01/07/2015.
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