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Daily Pile Flashcards

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Releasing and inhibiting factors

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Class: peptide
Gland that makes it: hypothalamus
Target: anterior pituitary
Effect: modify activity

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Growth hormone (GH)

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Class: peptide
Gland that makes it: anterior pituitary
Effect: ⬆️ bone and muscle growth, ⬆️ cell turnover rate

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Prolactin

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Class: peptide
Gland that makes it: anterior pituitary
Target: mammary gland
Effect: milk production

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Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

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Class: peptide
Gland that makes it: anterior pituitary-tropic
Target: thyroid
Effect: ⬆️ synthesis and release of TH

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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

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Class: peptide
Gland that makes it: anterior pituitary
Effect: ⬆️ growth and secretory activity of adrenal cortex

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Luteinizing hormone (LH)

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Class: peptide
Gland that makes it: anterior pituitary-gonadotropic
Target: ovary and testes
Effect: ovulation and testosterone synthesis

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Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)

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Class: peptide
Gland that makes it: anterior pituitary
Target: ovary and testes
Effect: follicle development in ovaries and spermatogenesis in testes

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Antidiuretic hormone (ADH, vasopressin)

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Class: peptide
Gland that makes it: posterior pituitary
Target: kidney
Effect: water retention

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Oxytocin

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Class: peptide
Gland that makes it: posterior pituitary
Target: breast and uterus
Effect: in breast-milk letdown, uterus-contraction

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Thyroid hormone (TH, thyroxine)

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Class: modified amino acid
Gland that makes it: thyroid
Effect: child- necessary for physical and mental development; adult- ⬆️ metabolic rate and temperature

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Calcitonin

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Class: peptide
Gland that makes it: thyroid- thyroid C cells
Effect: bone, kidneys; lowers serum [Ca2+]

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Parathyroid hormone (PTH)

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Class: peptide
Gland that makes it: parathyroids
Effect: bone, kidney, small intestine/raises serum [Ca2+]

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Thymosin (children only)

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Class: peptide
Gland that makes it: thymus
Effect: T cell development during childhood

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Epinephrine

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Class: modified amino acid
Gland that makes it: adrenal medulla
Effect: sympathetic stress response (rapid)

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Cortisol( “glucocorticoid”)

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Class: steroid
Gland that makes it: adrenal cortex
Effect: long-term stress response; ⬆️ blood [glucose];⬆️ protein catabolism; ⬇️ inflammation and immunity; many other

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Aldosterone (“mineralocorticoid”)

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Class: steroid
Gland that makes it: adrenal cortex
Target: kidney
Effect: ⬆️ Na+ reabsorption to ⬆️b.p.

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Sex steroids

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Gland that makes it: adrenal cortex
Effect: not normally important, but an adrenal cortex tumor can overproduce these, causing masculinization or feminization

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Insulin

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  • beta cells secrete
  • absent or ineffective in diabetes mellitus
    Class: peptide
    Gland that makes it: endocrine pancreas- islets of Langerhans
    Effect: ⬇️ blood [glucose], ⬆️ glycogen and fat storage
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Glucagon

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  • alpha cells secrete
    Class: peptide
    Gland that makes it: endocrine pancreas
    Effect: ⬆️ blood [glucose], ⬇️ glycogen and fat storage
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Somatostatin

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  • SS-gamma cells secrete
    Class: peptide
    Gland that makes it: endocrine pancreas
    Effect: inhibits many digestive processes
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Testosterone

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Class: steroid
Gland that makes it: testes
Effect: male characteristics, spermatogenesis

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Estrogen

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Class: steroid
Gland that makes it: ovaries/ placenta
Effect: female characteristics, endometrial growth

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Progesterone

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Class: steroid
Gland that makes it: ovaries/ placenta
Effect:endometrial secretion, pregnancy

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Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF)

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Class: peptide
Gland that makes it: heart
Target: kidney
Effect: ⬆️ urination to ⬇️ blood pressure

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Erythropoietin

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Class: peptide
Gland that makes it: kidney
Target: bone marrow
Effect: ⬆️ RBC synthesis

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