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Chapter 16 Flashcards

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Antidiuretic Hormone

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Purpose: Causes the kidney capillaries to reabsorb more water, decreasing urine volume

Secreted by the posterior pituitary

Targets the kidney

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Oxytocin

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Purpose: Causes uterine contraction during childbirth

Secreted by the hypothalumus

Targets the Uterus

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Thyroid-stimulating hormone

TSH

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Purpose: Stimulates the production of thyroid hormones

Secreted by the anterior pituitary gland

Targets the thyroid

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Adrenocorticotropic hormone

ACTH

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Purpose: Stimulates the production of cortisol (primary stress hormone)

Secreted by the anterior pituitary

Targets the adrenal cortex

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Follicle-stimulating hormone

FSH

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Purpose: Stimulating the growth of gametes stimulates sex hormones

Secreted by the anterior pituitary

Targets the gonads

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Luteinizing hormone

LH

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Purpose: stimulates the production of gametes and sex hormones

Secreted by the anterior pituitary

Targets the gonads (testes and ovaries)

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Prolactin

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Purpose: Stimulates the production of milk

Secreted by the anterior pituitary

Targets the mammary glands

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Melanocyte-stimulating hormone

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Purpose: stimulates the production of Melanocytes

Secreted by the anterior pituitary

Targets skin cells

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Growth Hormone

GH

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Purpose: Promotes skeletal and muscular growth, stimulates the rate at which amino acids enter cells and protein synthesis occurs, and promotes fat metabolism

Secreted by the anterior pituitary

Targets skeleton and muscles

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Thyroxine

Thyroid hormone

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Purpose: Increases metabolic rates

Secreted by the thyroid

Target unknown

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Parathyroid hormone

PTH

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Purpose: To cause blood calcium to increase.

Secreted by the parathyroid glands

Targets bones

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Calcitonin

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Purpose: To bring about the deposit of calcium ions in the bones

Secreted by the thyroid gland

Targets bones

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Epinephrine & Norepinephrine

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Purpose: To rapidly bring body changes for a fight-or-flight situation

Secreted by the adrenal medulla

Targets the whole body

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Cortisol

glucocorticoid

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Purpose: To regulate carbohydrates, protein, and fat metabolism

Secreted by the adrenal cortex

Targets damaged tissues

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Aldosterone

Mineralocorticoid

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Purpose: Regulate ion balances

Secreted by the adrenal cortex

Targets the kidney

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Insulin

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Purpose: Stimulates the uptake of glucose

Secreted by the B cells

Targets all cells in the body

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Glucagon

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Purpose: Increases blood glucose

Secreted by the A cells

Targets the liver and adipose tissues

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Peptide hormone

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Protein based

Require a second messenger system

Receptor on the outside of the cell

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Steroid hormones

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Cholesterol based

No second messenger system

Receptor on the inside

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