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23 Cards in this Set
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Growth Hormone
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Source: Anterior Pit
Action: stimulates bone and muscle growth |
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Prolactin
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Source: Anterior Pit
Action: stimulates milk production and secretion |
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
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Source: Anterior Pit
Action: stimulates the adrenal cortex to synthesize and secrete glucocorticoids |
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Thyroid-stimulating hormone
(TSH) |
Source: Anterior Pit
Action: stimulates the thyroid to produce thyroid hormone |
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Lutenizing Hormone (LH)
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Source: Anterior Pit
Action: Stimulates ovulation in females; testosterone production in males |
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Follicle-stimulating Hormone (FSH)
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Source: Anterior Pit
Action: Stimulates ovulation in females; spermatogenesis in males |
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Oxytocin
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Source: Hypothalamus; stored in Posterior Pit
Action: stimulates uterine contractions during labor, and milk secretion during lactation |
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Vasopressin (ADH)
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Source: Hypothalamus; stored in Posterior Pit
Action: Stimulates H2O reabsorption in the kidneys |
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Thyroid hormone
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Source: Thyroid
Action: Stimulates metabolic activity |
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Calcitonin
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Source: Thyroid
Action: Decreases the blood calcium level |
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Parathyroid hormone
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Source: Parathyroid
Action: Increases the blood calcium level |
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Glucocorticoids
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Source: Adrenal cortex
Action: Increases blood glucose level and decreases protein synthesis |
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Mineralocorticoids
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Source: Adrenal cortex
Action: Increases water reabsorbtion in the kidneys |
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Epinephrine and Norepinephrine
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Source: Adrenal medulla
Action: Increases blood glucose level and heart rate |
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Glucagon
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Source: Pancreas
Action: Stimluates conversion of glycogen to glucose in the liver; increases blood glucose |
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Insulin
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Source: Pancreas
Action: Lowers blood glucose and increases storage of glycogen |
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Somatostatin
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Source: Pancreas
Action: Suppresses secretion of glucagon and Insulin |
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Testosterone
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Source: Testis
Action: Maintains male secondary sexual characteristics |
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Estrogen
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Source: Ovaries/placenta
Action: Maintains female secondary sexual characterisitics |
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Progesterone
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Source: Ovaries/placenta
Action: Promotes growth/ maintenance of endometrium |
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Melatonin
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Source: Pineal
Action: unclear in humans |
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Atrial natriuretic hormone
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Source: Heart
Action: Involved in osmoregulation |
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Thymosin
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Source: Thymus
Action: Stimulates T lymphocyte development |
