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24 Cards in this Set
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Location: thymus Gland
Target: Thyroid Function: Stimulate production of T cells for cellular immunity (growth in children) Stimulates: indfection |
Thymosin
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Location: Pancreas
Target: Liver Function: Increase blood glucose; mobilizes glycogen from livr; increase gluconegensis Stimulates: hypoglycemia |
Glocagons (Alpha)
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Location: Local Hormones
Target: Many tissues Function: Promotes inflammation, involves blood clotting, pain (vascontriction/vasodilation Stimulates: Blood Loss |
Prostaglandins
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Location: Pineal
Target: Hypocampus Function: Regulates sleep wake cycle Stimulate: dark and light |
Melatonin
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Location: Sex glands"Follicle/Placenta
Target: Mammary gland, uterus function: Matures ovum (gets it ready), Simulates blood vessels for endometrium/develops secondary sex charcteristic Stimulates: FSH |
Estrogen
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Location: pancreas
Target: Muscle, fat, liver Function: increase glucose; transport into cells, glucose for energy production, decrease blood glucose; decrease insulin causes "diabetes Mellitus Stimulates: Hypergycemia |
Insulin (Beta)
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Location: Kidney
Target: Bone marrow Function: increase red blood cells Stimulates: Red Blood Cells |
Erythropoietin
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Location: Adrenal Medulla
Target: Muscles, liver Function: Vasoconstriction in skin, ciscera and skeletal muscle to casodilation also epinenprine, dilates bronchioles/glycogen to glucose, increase use of fat for energy, increase rate of cell respiration Stimulate: Sympathetic Nervous System |
epinephrine/noreprinephrine
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Location: Sex Gland
Target: Testes Function: Mature Sperm, develops male sex characteristic Stimultes: LH |
Testosterone
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Location: Sex Gland ( corpus luteum, placenta)
Target: uterus/mammary gland Function: Maintain pregnancy, further growth for endometrium, rupture ovarian follice to the corpus leutem produces progetrone Stimulates: LH |
Progesterene
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Location: Placenta
Target: Function: Helps prepare breast for lactation causes changes in uterine lining and in pregnancy Stimulates: Corpus Lutem |
Human Choronic Gonadotropin
HCG |
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Location: Anterior Pituitary
Target: Adernal Cortex Functin: Increase adrenal glucocorticoid porduction Stimulate: CRH- CRF |
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
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Location Anterior Pituitary
Target: Follice, Corpus lutem Function: Ovaluation/reasing egg; progesterone, production by CL (Men: secrte testorerone Stimulate: GnRh |
Luteinizing Hormones
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Location: anterior Pituitary
Target: Thyroid Function: Thyroxin production; Stimulate: TRh |
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
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Location: Adrenal Cortex
Function: Increase reabsortpion of Na+ ions by kidney to blood Excretion of K+ ions by kidney in urine target: Kidney Stimulates: increase Na+ level; Increase blood pressure |
Aldosterone
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Location: Adrenal Cortex
Target: many tissue function: increase use of fats and excess amino acid for energy. Decrease of glucose for energy Glucose to glycogen to the liver Stimulates: ACTH during physiological stress |
Cortisol
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Location: Parathyroid
Target: Kidney, GI tract, bone Function: increase in blood calcium, decrease bone deposition, decrease bone reabsorption, decrease in kidney reabsorption of Ca+ (blood to bone) Stimulate: Hypocalcemia |
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) (parathormone)
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Location: Thyroid
Target: kidney, GI tract, bone Function: decrease reabsortion of Ca+ and phosphate from bone to blood Stimulate: Hypercalcemia (too much calicum) |
Calcitonin
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Location: Thyroid
Target: many tissues Function: increase energy production form all food types, rate of protein synthesis (rebuild and repair) Stimulate: TSH |
Thyroxine (T4) and Triiodothyronine (T3)
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Location: Posterier Pitiuitary
Target: mammary gland/uterus Function: Contraction of the mammary gland and uterus Stimulate: nerual Simulation/sucking/stretching cervix |
Oxytocin
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Location: Posterior Pituitary
Target: Kidenys Function: Water reabsorbs by kidney tubules (water returns to blood) Stimulates: decreased water content in body |
Antidiurectic Hormone (vasopression) ADH
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Location: anterior Pituitary
Target: mammary gland Function: Milk production Stimulates: PRH |
Prolactin (PRH)
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Location: Anterior Pituitary
Function: Increase of Mitosis amino acid trasport to the cells, increase rate of protein synthesis ust of fats for energy Target: Many Tissues Stimulates: GHRH |
Growth Hormone or Somatiotropin GH
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Location: Anterior Pituitary
Target: Follicle Function: Follicle growth, Estrogen produces)(MEN: produces sperm) Stimulate: GnRH |
Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
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