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What hormones does hypothalamus secrete?
Releasing and Inhibiting factors (peptides)
What hormones does the anterior pituitary secrete?
FSH (follicle stimulating hormone)
LH (luteinizing hormone)
ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone)
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)
Prolactin
GH (growth hormone)
What hormones does the posterior pituitary secrete?
ADH, vasopressin(antidiuretic hormone)
Oxytocin
What hormones does the thyroid secrete?
TH (thyroid Hormone)
T4 (thyroxine)
T3 (triiodothyronine)
Calcitonin
What hormone do the parathyroids secrete?
PTH (parathyroid hormone)
What hormone does the thymus secrete?
Thymosin (in children only)
What hormone does the adrenal medulla secrete?
epinephrine (modified amino acid)
What hormones does the adrenal cortex secrete?
Cortisal ("glucocorticoid")
Aldosterone ("mineralcorticoid")
sex steroids
What hormones does the endocrine pancreas secrete?
insulin (β cells secrete)
glucagon (α cells secrete)
somatostatin (SS δ cells secrete)
What hormone do the testes secrete?
Testosterone
What hormones do the ovaries/placenta secrete?
Estrogen
Progesterone
What hormones does your heart secrete?
ANF (atrial natriureteic factor)
What hormone does the kidney secrete?
Erythropoietin
What secretes erythropoietin?
Kidney
What secretes ANF?
Heart
What secretes estrogen?
Ovaries and placenta
What secretes progesterone?
Ovaries and placenta
What secretes testosterone?
Testes
What secretes somatostatin?
SS δ cells of the endocrine pancreas
What secretes glucagon?
α cells of the endocrine pancreas
What secretes insulin?
β cells of the endocrine pancreas
What secretes sex steroids?
Adrenal cortex
What secretes aldosterone ("mineralcorticoid")?
Adrenal cortex
What secretes cortisal ("glucocorticoid")?
Adrenal cortex
What secretes epinephrine?
Adrenal medulla
What secretes thymosin?
Thymus in children
What secretes PTH?
Parathyroid
What secretes calcitonin?
Thyroid
What secretes T3 (triiodothyronine)?
Thyroid
What secretes T4 (thyroxine)?
Thyroid
What secretes TH?
Thyroid
What secretes oxytocin?
Posterior pituitary
What secretes ADH, vasopressin(antidiuretic hormone)?
Posterior pituitary
What secretes GH?
Anterior pituitary
What secretes prolactin?
Anterior pituitary
What secretes TSH?
Anterior pituitary
What secretes ACTH?
Anterior pituitary
What secrete LH?
Anterior pituitary
What secretes FSH?
Anterior pituitary
What secretes releasing and inhibiting factors?
Hypothalamus
Target/effect of releasing and inhibiting factors
anterior pituitary/modify activity
Target/effect of GH
increase bone and muscle growth
increase cell turnover rate
Target/effect of prolactin
mammary gland/milk production
Target/effect of TSH
thyroid/ increase synthesis and release of TH
Target/effect of ACTH
increase growth and secretory activity of adrenal cortex
Target/effect of LH
ovary/ovulation
testes/testosterone synthesis
Target/effect of FSH
ovary/follicle development
testes/spermatogenesis
Target/effect of ADH
kidney/water retention
Target/effect of oxytocin
breast/milk letdown
uterus/contraction
Target/effect of TH
child: necessary for physical and mental development
adult: increase metabolic rate and temperature
Target/effect of calcotonin
bone, kidney
lowers serum [Ca2+]
Target/effect of PTH
bone, kidney, small intestine/raises serum [Ca2+]
Target/effect of tymosin
T cell development during childhood
Target/effect of epinephrine
sympathetic stress response
Target/effect of cortisol ("glucocorticoid")
longer-term stress response,
increase blood [glucose],
increase protein catabolism,
decrease inflammation and immunity,
many other
Target/effect of aldosterone ("mineralocorticoid")
kidney/increase Na+ reabsorption to increase blood pressure
Target/effect of sex steroids
not normally important, but the adrenal tumor can overproduce these, causing masculinization or feminization
Target/effect of insulin
decrease blood [glucose]/increase glycogen and fat storage
Target/effect of glucagon
increase blood [glucose]/decrease glycogen and fat storage
Target/effect of somatostatin
inhibits many digestive processes
Target/effect of testosterone
male characteristics, spermatogenesis
Target/effect of estrogen
female characteristics, endometrial growth
Target/effect of progesterone
endometrial secretion, pregnancy
Target/effect of ANF
kidney/increase urination to decrease blood pressure
Target/effect of erythropoietin
bone marrow/increase RBC synthesis
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