Hormone Flashcards
To excite or get moving
Hormone
Include steroid hormones, thyroid hormones, and nitric oxide
Lipid soluble hormones
Include amine hormones, peptide, and protein hormones
Water soluble hormones
Hormones of ovaries
Estrogen
Progesterone
Adrenal cortex
Cortisol
Aldosterone
GH
Growth Hormone
Causes the adrenal cortex to secrete adrenocortical hormones mainly cortisol
Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)
Tsh
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Growth follicles in the ovaries before ovulation; promotes the formation of sperm in testes
FSH / Follicle Stimulating Hormone
Secreted by gonadotrophs
FSH
ACTH
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
TSH
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
FSH
Follicle Stimulating Hormone
LH
Lutenezing Hormone
Known as Gonadotropin
FSH
LH
Prolactin
MSH
Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone
Another term for antidiuretic hormone
Vasopressin
To stimulate birth
Oxytocin
A glucorticoid which regulate metabolism and resistance to stress
Cortisol
The deposition of calcium in the bones
Calcitonin
Promotes glucose entry into most cells of the body, in this way controlling the rate of metabolism of most carbohydrates
Insulin
Insulin are secreted by ____ cells
Beta cells
Glucagon are secreted by ___ cells
Alpha cells
