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Growth releasing hormone ghrh |
Increase GH release |
Hypothalamus gland two pituitary gland |
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Growth inhibiting hormone g h i h |
Decrease GH release |
Hypothalamus gland |
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Thyrotropic releasing hormone trh |
Increase TSH release |
Hypothalamus gland |
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Corticotropin-releasing hormone |
Increase ACTH release |
Gland hypothalamus Target anterior pituitary |
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Gonadotropin releasing hormone |
Increase GTH release |
Hypothalamus gland Target anterior pituitary |
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Oxytocin |
Start contractions in a positive feedback |
Posterior pituitary the target uterus |
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Antidiuretic hormone ADH |
Decrease water loss increase blood volume |
Posterior pituitary to the kidneys |
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Growth hormone or sth AKA somatropin |
Increase bone and muscle length |
Anterior pituitary to Bone and skeletal muscle |
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Prolactin PRL |
Milk production works with LH |
Anterior pituitary to the breasts |
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Gonadotropins GTH |
Sex steroid production and sperm and egg nutrition |
Anterior pituitary to the testes or ovaries |
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Thyroid stimulating hormone TSH |
Stimulates the thyroid gland |
Anterior pituitary to the thyroid gland |
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Adrenocorticotropic ACTH |
Stimulates corticosteroid release |
Anterior pituitary to the adrenal cortex |
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Thyroid hormone T3 and T4 |
Resting metabolism |
The thyroid gland to almost every cell in the body |
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Calcitonin |
Decrease blood CA 2 + |
Thyroid gland inhibits osteoclast CA 2 + 2 Bone deposit |
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Parathyroid hormone pth |
Increases blood ca2 levels |
Parathyroid 2 stimulate osteoclast ca2 absorption kidneys and intestines |
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Epinephrine and norepinephrine e and n e |
Increase metabolism fight or flight flight mechanism blood to skeletal muscles sweat decrease smooth muscleBoth epinephrine and norepinephrine can affect your heart, blood sugar levels, and blood vessels. However, norepinephrine can also make your blood vessels become narrower, increasing blood pressure epinephrine is known as adrenaline |
Adrenal medulla 2 blood pressure Skin sweat glands |
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Insulin |
Increase sugar uptake storage decrease fat breakdown |
Pancreas to liver and skeletal muscles and fat |
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Glucagon |
Increase blood sugar |
Pancreas to liver glycogen breakdown |
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Mineralocorticoids AKA aldosterone |
Increase blood na + water retention increased BP |
Adrenal cortex to the kidneys |
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Glucocorticoids AKA cortisol |
Increase blood sugar vasoconstriction increase blood pressure |
Adrenal cortex to adipose tissues and blood vessels |
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Gonadocorticoids |
Puberty onset |
Adrenal cortex to the reproductive organ |
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Thymosins |
T lymphocyte activation |
Thymus to the immune cells |
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Estrogen progesterone |
Mature gamete production |
Ovary to the uterus or brain |
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Testosterone |
Maturation gametes production |
Testes to the testicles brain muscles |