Hormones

Question 1

• anterior lobe of pituitary gland
• all tissues
• Action: growth, carbohydrate, protiens, fast metabolism

Answer 1

HGH ( growth hormone, somatrotropin)

Question 2

• Anterior pituitary gland
• thyroid gland
• Action: thyroxine secretion

Answer 2

TSH ( thyroid stimulating hormone, thyrotropin)

Question 3

• Anterior pituitary
• Adrenal Cortex
• Action: Cortisol secretion

Answer 3

ACTH ( adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin)

Question 4

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

Answer 4

FSH ( follicle stimulating hormone)

Question 5

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

Answer 5

LH (leutinizing hormone)

Question 6

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

Answer 6

PRL ( prolactin)

Question 7

• anterior pituitary
  -melanocytes, melanophores
• Actions: melanin production

Answer 7

MSH ( melanocyte stimulating hormone)

Question 8

• posterior pituitary
• uterine smooth muscle , mammary gland
• Actions: uterine contractions , milk

Answer 8

OT (oxytocin)

Question 9

• posterior pituitary ( neurohypophysis)
• kidney tubules, smooth muscle in arterioles
• Actions: water excretion, blood pressure

Answer 9

ADH ( antidiuretic hormone) aka Vasopression

Question 10

• thyroid
• most tissue
• Actions: metabolic rate growth and development

Answer 10

Thyroid Hormones
* T3 ( triiodothyronine)
* T4 ( thyroxine)

Question 11

• thyroid
• bone
• Actions: plasma calcium phosphate

Answer 11

CT (calcitonin)

Question 12

• parathyroids
• bone, kidneys, instestine
• Actions: plasma calcium and phosphate

Answer 12

PTH ( parathyroid hormone)

Question 13

• parathyroid
• adrenal cortex
• Actions: decreased b/p, increase renal, reabsorption of NA+ & water

Answer 13

Mineralcorticoids ( aldosterone)
* Reninangiotensin pathway

Question 14

• adrenal cortex
• most body cells
• Actions: supplement sex hormone from gonads

Answer 14

Gonadocorticoids (sex hormones, androgens, estrogens)

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Glucocorticoids (cortisol)

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Epinephrine, Nonrepinephrine

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Glucagon

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Insulin

Question 19

• ovaries
• reproductive organs
• Actions: reproductive development behavior

Answer 19

Estrogens

Question 20

• ovaries
  -uterus
• Actions: uterine condition

Answer 20

Progesterone

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Testosterone

Question 22

• thymus gland
• WBCs
• Actions: build immune response

Answer 22

Thymosin (THF, TF, thymopoietin)

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Gastrin

Question 24

• stomach
• small intestine
• Actions: triggers your gallbladder and pancreas to contract

Answer 24

Cholecystokinin (CCK)

Question 25

• placenta
• pregnancy
• Actions: thickens a person’s uterine lining to support a growing embryo, stops menstration

Answer 25

hCH ( Human chorionic gonadotropin)

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Renal Erythropietic factor

Question 27

• cardiac muscle cells
• heart, muscles
• Actions: increased atrial distention

Answer 27

ANP (atrialnatriuretic protein)