Homeostasis Flashcards
Which hormone causes skin darkening
MSH
Melanocyte-stimulating hormone
Which hormones stimulate pubic hair growth and sebaceous glands
Androgens
2hormones stimulate bone growth
Growth hormone
Insulin like growth factors
Hormone helps bone mass
Oestrogen
Regulate calcium levels in blood
Parathyroid hormone
Calcitonin
Needed for development and growth of skeleton
Thyroid
Increase blood flow to exercising muscles
Adrenal hormones
Helps maintain calcium levels needed for proper muscle contraction
PTH
Regulate muscle metabolism
Glucagon
Insulin
Other hormones
Help maintain muscle mass
Growth hormone
Insulin like growth factors
Thyroid hormones
Regulate nervous system development
Thyroid hormones
Insulin
Growth hormones
Maintains proper calcium levels needed for nervous impulses
PTH
Depress immune response and inflammation
Glucocorticoids
Promote T cell maturation
Thymus
Promotes formation of RBCs
Erythropoietin
Increase blood volume
Aldosterone
Antidiuretic hormone ADH
Increase heart rate and contraction force
Adrenaline
Noradrenalin
Dilate airways during exercise and stress
Adrenaline
Noradrenalin
Regulates amount of oxygen carried in the blood by adjusting no of RBCs
Erythropoietin
Depress digestion
Adrenaline
Noradrenalin
Help regulate digestion
Gastrin
CCK
secretin
Adjust rate of water and electrolyte loss to regulate blood volume
ADH
aldesterone
Regulate development growth and secretions of ovaries testes
FSH
LH
Stimulate sex cell development and changes during puberty
Oestrogen
Testosterone
Promotes milk secretion from mammary glands
Prolactin
Causes contraction of uterus and ejection of milk from the mammary glands
Oxytocin
