Endocrine Hormones

Question 1

What does the thymus release?

Answer 1

Thymosin (stimulates t-cell development

Question 2

What does TSH do? What stimulates its release?

Answer 2

Thyroid stimulating hormone stimulates thyroid to make thyroid hormones

Hypothalamus–TRH–Thyroid releasing hormone (R comes before S)

Question 3

What do the respective sex organs release?

Answer 3

Testes:
testosterone (male secondary characteristics)

Ovary/Placenta:
estrogen (female secondary)
Progesterone (endometrium maintenance)

Question 4

What hormones are stored in the posterior pituitary?

Answer 4

Oxytocin (stimulates uterine contractions during labor, milk secretion during lactation)

Antidiuretic (ADH, vasopressin) Stimulates water reabsorption in kidneys

Question 5

FLAT PEG and where?

Answer 5

FSH (folicle-stimulating)
LH (lutenizing)
Adrenocorticotropic (ATCH)
Thyroid-stimulating (TSH)
Prolactin
Endorphins
Growth hormone

Source is the anterior pituitary

Question 6

What does the pineal gland release?

Answer 6

Melatonin (sleep wake cycles)

Question 7

What does Prolactin do?

What inhibits its release?

Answer 7

Stimulates milk produciton and secretion

Inhibited by dopamine

Question 8

What hormones are from the thyroid?

Answer 8

T3 and T4 (stimulate metabolism)

Calcitonin (Decrease blood calcium)

Question 9

What hormones are in the adrenal cortex?

Answer 9

Glucocorticoids (increase blood glucose level and decrease protein synthesis)

Mineralcorticoids (increase water reaborption, aldosterone)

Androgens (sex hormones)

Question 10

What does the Pancreas release?

Answer 10

Glucagon (glycogen to glucose in liver)

Insulin (lowers blood glucose)

Somatostain (supresses glucagon and insulin)

Question 11

What are endorphins?

Answer 11

Inhibit pain perception

Question 12

What is growth hormone?

What stimulates its release?

Answer 12

Stimulates bone and muscle growth as well as lipolysis

Hypothalamus–GHRH—growth hormone releasing hormone

Question 13

What hormones are in the adrenal medula?

Answer 13

Epinephrine (more on the heart) and norephinephrine (more on the blood vessels)

both for fight or flight, increase heart rate and blood glucose

Question 14

What hormones are from the parathyroid?

Answer 14

parathyroid hormone (increase blood calcium)

Question 15

What does LH do? What stimulates its release?

Answer 15

Lutenizing hormone stimulates ovulation and tesosterone synthesis

Hypothalamus–GnRH–Gonadotropin Releasing hormone

Question 16

What does ACTH do? What stimulates its release?

Answer 16

Adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulates adrenal cortex to make and secrete glucocorticoids

Hypothalamus–CRF–corticotropin releasing factor

Question 17

What endocrine hormone does the heart release?

Answer 17

Atrial natriuretic peptide (osmoregulation and vasodilation)

Question 18

What does FSH do? What stimulates its release?

Answer 18

Follicle Stimulating hormone stimulates follicle maturation as well as spermatogenesis

Hypothalamus–GnRH–Gonadotropin Releasing hormone