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NAME SIX HORMONES SECRETED BY THE ANTERIOR LOBE OF THE PITUITARY GLAND.
GH-GROWTH HORMONE
LH-LUTEINIZING HORMONE
PRL-PROLACTIN HORMONE
TSH-THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE
ACTH-ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE
FSH- FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE
NAME SIX HORMONES SECRETED BY THE ANTERIRO LOBE OF THE PITUITARY GLAND.
GH-GROWTH HORMONE
LH-LUTEINIZING HORMONE
PRL-PROLACTIN HORMONE
TSH-THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE
ACTH-ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE
FSH- FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE
NAME TWO HORMONES SECRETED BYY THE POSTERIOR LOBE OF THE PITUITARY GLAND.
ADH-ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE
OT-OXYTOCIN
Name the pituitary hormone:

stimulates ovarian follicle to secrete estrogen and egg development
FSH-FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE
Name the pituitary hormone :

stimulates cells to increase in size and divide more rapidly
GH-GROWTH HORMONE
Name the pituitary hormone:

essential for egg release from the ovary
LH-LUTEINIZING HORMONE
Name the pituitary hormone :

stimulates secretion from the thyroid gland
TSH-THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE
Name the pituitary hormone :

stimulates secretion from adrenal cortex
ACTH-ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC
Name the pituitary hormone :

stimulates milk production
PRL-PROLACTIN HORMONE
Name the pituitary hormone :

causes kidneys to conserve water
ADH-ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE
Name the pituitary hormone :

causes contraction of uterine wall muscles
OT-OXYTOCIN HORMONE
Name two thyroid hormones that affect metabolic rate:
T4-THYROXINE AND T-3-TRIIODOTHYRONINE
Name a hormone secreted by the thyroid gland that acts to lower blood calcium:
CALCITONIN
Name a hormone and the gland that secretes it, that acts to raise blood calcium:
PTH-PARATHYROID HORMONE
Name the three target organs of parathyroid hormone:
BONES, INTESTINE, KIDNEYS
Name two hormones secreted by the adrenal medulla:
EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE
List five different effects produced by the medullary hormones in 8:
1.INCREASE HEART RATE AND BP
2.DILATES RESPIRATORY AIRWAYS
3. PROMOTES BREAKDOWN OF GLYCOGEN
4. ACTIVATE RETICULAR FORMATION
5. INCREASE METABOLIC RATE
Name the most important mineralocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex:
ALDOSTERONE
List three actions of the hormones listed in 10-OF ALDOSTERONE.
1. INCREASE BLOOD VOLUME
2. WASTES POTASSIUM
3. CONSERVES WATER
Name the most important glucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex:
CORTISOL
List three actions of the hormone listed in 12-OF CORTISOL
1. DECREASE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
2. INCREASE FATTY ACID RELEASE
3. STIMULATE GLUCOSE SYNTHESIS
Distinguish the hormones secreted by the alpha and beta cells of the pancreatic islets (of Langerhans):
Alpha cells produce:__GLUCAGON_
Beta cells produce:___INSULIN__
Name the gland that secretes melanin:
PINEAL GLAND
ANOTHER NAME FOR PITUITARY GLAND.
HYPOPHYSIS
ANOTHER NAME FOR ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND.
ADENOHYPOPHYSIS
ANOTHER NAME FOR POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND.
NEUROHYPOPHYSIS