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prolactin
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*stimulates milk production in womens breast
*affects sex hormone levels |
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growth hormone
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*stimulates growth in childbirth
*maintains a healthy body compostion *in adults it maintains muscle mass and bone mass |
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adrenocarticotrpin
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*stimulates production of cortiso which is a stress hormone that helps maintain blood pressure and glucose levels
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thryoid stimulation hormone
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stimulates the thyroid gland to make its hormones that control the bodys metabolism, enerhy growth, development and cns
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luteninzing hormone
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regulates testosterone in men and estrogen in women
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follicle stimulating hormone
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promotes sperm production in men and the overies to realease eggs in women
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oxytocin
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cause milk to letdown when nursing a baby and causes contractions during child birth
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antidiuretic hormone
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regulates water balance, affects the kidneys, located on the pituatry and leads with problems wtih sodiama nd water balance
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diuretics
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increass urine production
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