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Blood and Endocrine Flashcards

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HORMONE:

RELEASING AND INHIBITING HORMONES

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GLAND: HYPOTHALAMUS

STIMULATES OR INHIBITS SECRETIONS OF SPECIFIC HORMONES

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HORMONE: GROWTH HORMONE

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GLAND: ANTERIOR LOBE OF PITUITARY

PA: STIMULATES GROWTH BY PROMOTING PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

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HORMONE: THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH)

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GLAND: ANTERIOR PITUITARY

PA: INCREASES SECRETION OF THYROID HORMONE; INCREASES SIZE OF THYROID GLAND

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HORMONE: ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH)

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GLAND: ANTERIOR LOBE OF PITUITARY
PA: INCREASES ADRENOCORTICAL HORMONE ESPECIALLY GLUCOCORTICOIDS SUCH AS CORTISOL

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HORMONE: FOLLICLE STIMULATION HORMONE (FSH)

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GLAND: ANTERIOR LOBE OF PITUITARY
PA: FOLLICLE MATURATION AND ESTROGEN SECRETION IN FEMALE; SPERMATOGENESIS IN MALE

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HORMONE: LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH): CALLED INTERSTITIAL CELL STIMULATING HORMONE (ICSH) IN MALES

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GLAND: ANTERIOR PITUITARY
PA: OVULATION: PROGESTERONE PRODUCTION IN FEMALE; TESTOSTERONE PRODUCTION IN MALE

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HORMONE: PROLACTIN

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GLAND: ANTERIOR PITUITARY
PA: STIMULATES MILK PRODUCTION

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HORMONE: ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE (ADH)

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GLAND: POSTERIOR PITUITARY
PA: INCREASE WATER REABSORPTION

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HORMONE: OXYTOCIN

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GLAND: POSTERIOR PITUITARY
PA: INCREASE UTERINE CONTRACTRIONS: STIMULATES EJECTION OF MILK FROM MAMMARY GLAND

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HORMONE: THYROXINE AND TRIIODOTHYRONINE

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GLAND: THYROID
PA: INCREASES METABOLIC RATE: ESSENTIAL FOR NORMAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

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HORMONE: CALCITONIN

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GLAND: THYROID
PA: DECRESES BLOOD CALCIUM BY INHIBITING BONE BREAKDOWN AND RELEASE OF CALCIUM: ANTAGONISTIC TO PARATHYROID HORMONE

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HORMONE: PARATHYROID HORMONE (PTH) OR PARATHORMONE

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GLAND: PARATHYROID
PA: INCREASES BLOOD CALCIUM BY STIMULATING BONE BREAKDOWN AND RELEASE OF CALCIUM: INCREASES CALCIUM ABSORPTION IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT: DIGESTIVE CALCIUM LOST IN URINE.

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HORMONE: MINERALOCORTICOIDS (ALDOSTERONE)

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GLAND: ADRENAL CORTEX
PA: INCREASES SODIUM REABSORPTION AND POTASSIUM EXCRETION IN KIDNEY TUBULES: INCREASES WATER RETENTION

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HORMONES: ANDROGENS AND ESTROGENS

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GLAND: ADRENAL CORTEX
PA: SECRETED IN SMALL AMOUNTS: EFFECT IS GENERALLY MASKED BY THE HORMONES FROM THE OVARIES AND TESTES

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