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15 Cards in this Set
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Hypothalamus
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RELEASING AND INHIBITING HORMONE targets the anterior pituitary. Regulates anterior pituitary hormone, heartbeat, body temp, and water balance.
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Posterior pituitary
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ANTI DIURETIC HORMONE - kidneys - water resorption(diabetes insipidus)NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. OXYTOCIN - uterus, mammary glands - stimulates uterine contraction and release of milk by mammary glands.POSITIVE FEEDBACK
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Anterior Pituitary
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TSH - thyroid. ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC - Adrenal Cortex. FSH, LH - Gonads. PROLACTIN - Mammary Glands. GH - Bones, Soft tissue(dwarfism, giants, agromegaly, diabetes mellitus NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
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Thyroid Gland
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THYROXINE - All tissues - increases metabolic rate and growth (goiter, cretinism, myxedema, hyperthyoidism) CALCITONIN -bones and kidney - lowers blood calcium and lowers osteoclasts. ANTAGONISTIC
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Parathyroid
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PARATHYROID HORMONE - bones and kidneys - increases blood calcium and promotes osteoclasts (tetany) ANTAGONISTIC
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Adrenal Cortex
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GLUCOCORTICOIDS - all tissues - raises blood glucose, breakdown proteins. MINERALCOTICOIDS - kidneys - absorb sodium, excrete potassium. (Stress long term, Cushing syndrome, and addison disease) SEX HORMONE - gonads, skin, muscle, and bones - sex characteristics
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Adrenal medulla
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EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE - cardiac muscle - emergency response, raise blood pressure. short term response.
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Pancreas
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INSULIN - Liver, muscles, adipose tissue - lowers blood glucose (diabetes mellitus) GLUCAGON - liver, muscle, adipose tissue - raises blood glucose ANTAGONISTIC
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Testes
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ANDROGENS AND TESTOSTERONE - gonads, skin, muscle, and bones - stimulates male secondary sex characteristics
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Ovaries
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ESTROGENS AND PROGESTERONE - Gonads, skin, muscle and bones - stimulates female sex characteristics.
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Adrenal Cortex
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GLUCOCORTICOIDS - all tissues - raises blood glucose, breakdown proteins. MINERALCOTICOIDS - kidneys - absorb sodium, excrete potassium. (Stress long term, Cushing syndrome, and addison disease) SEX HORMONE - gonads, skin, muscle, and bones - sex characteristics
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Adrenal medulla
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EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE - cardiac muscle - emergency response, raise blood pressure. short term response.
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Pancreas
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INSULIN - Liver, muscles, adipose tissue - lowers blood glucose (diabetes mellitus) GLUCAGON - liver, muscle, adipose tissue - raises blood glucose ANTAGONISTIC
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Testes
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ANDROGENS AND TESTOSTERONE - gonads, skin, muscle, and bones - stimulates male secondary sex characteristics
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Ovaries
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ESTROGENS AND PROGESTERONE - Gonads, skin, muscle and bones - stimulates female sex characteristics.
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