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releasing and inhibiting factors
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target: anterior pituitary
effect: modify activity |
hypothalamus
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growth hormone (GH)
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increase bone and muscle growth, increase cell turnover rate
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anterior pituitary
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prolactin
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mammary gland and milk production
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anterior pituitary
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thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
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target: thyroid
effect: increase synthesis and release of TH |
tropic
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adrenocorticotropic hormones (ACTH)
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increase growth and secretory activity of adrenal cortex
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tropic
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luteinizing hormone (LH)
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target: ovary
effect: ovulation target: testes effect: testosterone synthesis |
gonadotropic
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follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
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target: ovary
effect: follicle development target: testes effect: testosterone syntehesis |
gonadotropic
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antidiuretic hormone (ADH, vasopressin)
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target: kidney
effect: water retention |
posterior pituitary
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oxytocin
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target: breast
effect: milk letdown target: uterus effect: contraction |
posterior pituitary
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thryroid hormone (TH, thyroxine)
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child: necessary for physical and mental development
adult: increases metabolic rate and temperature |
thyroid
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calcitonin
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target: bone, kidney
effect: lowers serum Ca2+ |
thyroid C cells
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parathyroid hormone (PTH)
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target: bone, kidney, small intestine
effect: raises serum Ca2+ |
parathyroids
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thymosin (children only)
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T cell development during childhood
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thymus
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epinephrine
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sympathetic stress response (rapid)
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adrenal medulla
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cortisol ("glucocorticoid")
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longer-term stress response; increases blood (glucose); increases protein catabolism; decreases inflammation and immunity; etc.
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adrenal cortex
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aldosterone ("mineralocorticoid")
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target: kidney
effect: increases Na+ reabsorption to increase blood pressure |
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sex steroids
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not normally important, but an adrenal tumor can overproduce these, causing masculinization or feminization
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insulin- absent or ineffective in diabetes mellitus
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lowers blood (glucose), increasess glycogen and fat storage
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glucagon
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raises blood (glucose), lowers glycogen and fat storage
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somatostatin (SS)
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inhibits many digestive processes
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testosterone
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male characteristic, spermatogenesis
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estrogen
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female characteristics, endometrial growth
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progesterone
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endometrial secretion, pregnancy
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atrial natriuertic factor (ANF)
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target: kidney
effect: increases urination to lower blood pressure |
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erythropoietin
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target: bone marrow
effect: increases red blood cell synthesis |
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