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Hormone buzzwords Flashcards

1
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Stimulates bone and muscle growth

A

GH -> IGF-1 -> TK

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2
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Stimulates milk production

A

Prolactin

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3
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Stimulates milk ejection during lactation

A

Oxytocin

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4
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Responsible for female secondary sex characteristics

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Estrogen – estrodial

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5
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Stimulates metabolic activity

A

Thyroid hormone

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6
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Increases blood glucose level and decreases protein synthesis

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Glucocorticoids

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7
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Responsible for male secondary sex characteristics

A

Testosterone

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8
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Prepares endometrium for implantation/maintenance of pregnancy

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Progesterone

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9
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Stimulates adrenal cortex to synthesize and secrete cortisol

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ACTH

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10
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Stimulates follicle maturation in females and spermatogenesis in males

A

FSH

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11
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Increases plasma calcium, increases bone formation

A

Calcitonin

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12
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Stimulates ovulation in females and testosterone synthesis in males

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LH

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13
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Stimulates thyroid to produce TH and uptake iodine

A

TSH

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14
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Growth hormone (GH)

A

Anterior pituitary

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15
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Thyroid hormone

A

Thyroid

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16
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Glucocorticoids (cortisol)

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Adrenal cortex – zona fasiculata

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17
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Progesterone

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Ovary, placenta

18
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Prolactin

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Anterior pituitary

19
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Oxytocin

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Hypothalamus – paraventricular nucleus, stored in posterior pituitary

20
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Atrial natriuretic hormone (ANH)

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Atria of heart

21
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Glucagon

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Alpha cell of pancreas

22
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Testosterone

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Testes, ovaries, zona reticularis of adrenal cortex

23
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Follicule-stimulating hormones (FSH)

A

Anterior pituitary

24
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Vasopressin (ADH)

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Hypothalamus/supraoptic nucleus – stored in posterior pituitary

25
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Calcitonin

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Parafollicular cells of thyroid – C cells

26
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Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)

A

Anterior pituitary

27
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Epinephrine and norepinephrine

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Chromaffin cells of adrenal medulla

28
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Insulin

A

Beta cells of pancreas

29
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Estradiol

30
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Estriol

31
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Estrone

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Adipose cells

32
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Estrogen in males

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Testes, adipose cells

33
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Parathyroid hormones (PTH)

A

Parathyroid glands

34
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Somatostatin

A

Delta cells of pancreas

35
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Luteinizing hormone (LH)

A

Anterior pituitary

36
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Mineralocorticoids (aldosterone)

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Zona glomerulosa of adrenal cortex

37
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

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Anterior pituitary

38
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Alpha cells

39
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Beta cells

40
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Delta cells

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somatostatin

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