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  • anterior lobe of pituitary gland
  • all tissues
  • Action: growth, carbohydrate, protiens, fast metabolism
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HGH ( growth hormone, somatrotropin)

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  • Anterior pituitary gland
  • thyroid gland
  • Action: thyroxine secretion
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TSH ( thyroid stimulating hormone, thyrotropin)

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  • Anterior pituitary
  • Adrenal Cortex
  • Action: Cortisol secretion
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ACTH ( adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin)

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  • Anterior pituitary
  • ovaries/testes (tubules)
  • Actions: ovarian follicle growth,oestrogen secretion
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FSH ( follicle stimulating hormone)

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  • Anterior pituitary
  • ovaries/testes (leydig cells)
  • Actions: ovulation, luteinization of follicle, testosterone secretion
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LH (leutinizing hormone)

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  • anterior pituitary
  • mammary gland
    -Actions: milk secretion ( stimulates)
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PRL ( prolactin)

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  • anterior pituitary
    -melanocytes, melanophores
  • Actions: melanin production
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MSH ( melanocyte stimulating hormone)

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  • posterior pituitary
  • uterine smooth muscle , mammary gland
  • Actions: uterine contractions , milk
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OT (oxytocin)

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  • posterior pituitary ( neurohypophysis)
  • kidney tubules, smooth muscle in arterioles
  • Actions: water excretion, blood pressure
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ADH ( antidiuretic hormone) aka Vasopression

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  • thyroid
  • most tissue
  • Actions: metabolic rate growth and development
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Thyroid Hormones
* T3 ( triiodothyronine)
* T4 ( thyroxine)

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  • thyroid
  • bone
  • Actions: plasma calcium phosphate
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CT (calcitonin)

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  • parathyroids
  • bone, kidneys, instestine
  • Actions: plasma calcium and phosphate
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PTH ( parathyroid hormone)

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  • parathyroid
  • adrenal cortex
  • Actions: decreased b/p, increase renal, reabsorption of NA+ & water
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Mineralcorticoids ( aldosterone)
* Reninangiotensin pathway

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  • adrenal cortex
  • most body cells
  • Actions: supplement sex hormone from gonads
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Gonadocorticoids (sex hormones, androgens, estrogens)

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  • adrenal cortex
  • most body cells
  • Actions: regulates the quaninties of glucose , fatty acid
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Glucocorticoids (cortisol)

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  • adrenal medulla
  • heart,blood vessels, liver, adipose tissue
  • Actions:
    epi- increase heart rate,oxygen rate, blood flow
    nonepi- maintains B/P
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Epinephrine, Nonrepinephrine

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  • pancreas ( islet cells)
  • most tissues, notably muscles. liver
  • Actions: glucose utilization, blood glucose
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Glucagon

18
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  • pancreas ( islet cells)
  • primarily liver
  • Actions: blood glucose
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Insulin

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  • ovaries
  • reproductive organs
  • Actions: reproductive development behavior
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Estrogens

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  • ovaries
    -uterus
  • Actions: uterine condition
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Progesterone

21
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  • testes
  • reproductive organs
  • Actions: reproductive development , behavior
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Testosterone

22
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  • thymus gland
  • WBCs
  • Actions: build immune response
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Thymosin (THF, TF, thymopoietin)

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  • pancreas
  • stomach, small intestine
  • Actions: release gastric acid
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Gastrin

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  • stomach
  • small intestine
  • Actions: triggers your gallbladder and pancreas to contract
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Cholecystokinin (CCK)

25
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  • placenta
  • pregnancy
  • Actions: thickens a person’s uterine lining to support a growing embryo, stops menstration
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hCH ( Human chorionic gonadotropin)

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  • kidneys
  • cells, tissues
  • Actions: cell survival, proliferaction, mature RBCs
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Renal Erythropietic factor

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  • cardiac muscle cells
  • heart, muscles
  • Actions: increased atrial distention
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ANP (atrialnatriuretic protein)

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