Hormones Flashcards
Learning the Effects and Locationsof Hormones
Releasing and Inhibiting Factors (Peptide)
Anterior Pituitary/Modify Activity (Hypothalmus)
Growth Hormone (GH) (Peptide)
Increase bone and muscle growth, Increase Cell Turnover Rate (Anterior Pituitary)
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) (Peptide)
Thyroid, Increase synthesis of Thyroid Hormone (TH) (Tropic)
Prolactin (Peptide)
Mammary Gland, Milk Production (Anterior Pituitary)
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) (Peptide)
Increase growth and secretory activity of adrenal cortex (Tropic)
Luteinizing Hormone (LH) (Peptide)
Ovary/Ovulation, Testes/Testosterone Synthesis (Gandotropic)
Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) (Peptide)
Ovary/follicle development, testes/spermatogenesis (Gandotropic)
Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH, vasopressin) (Peptide)
Kidney/Water Retention (Posterior Pituitary)
Oxytocin (Peptide)
Breast/Milk Letdown, Uterus/Contraction (Posterior Pituitary)
Thyroid Hormone (TH, Thyroxine) (Modified AA)
Child: necessary for physical and mental development; Adult: Increase metabolic rate and temperature (Thyroid)
Calcitonin (Peptide)
Bone, kidney, lowers serum [Ca2+] (Thyroid C Cells)
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) (Peptide)
Bone, Kidney, Small intestine/raises serum [Ca2+] (Parathyroids)
Thymosin (Children Only) (Peptide)
T Cell development during childhood (Thymus)
Epinephrine (Modified AA)
Sympathetic stress response (rapid) (Adrenal Medulla)
Cortisol (Steroid)
Longer-term stress response; increase blood [glucose]; Increase protein catabolism; decrease inflammation and immunity; many other (Adrenal Cortex)
Aldosterone (Steroid)
Kidney/ Increase Na+ re absorption to increase blood pressure (Adrenal Cortex)
Sex Steroids (Steroid)
Not normally important, but an adrenal tumor can overproduce these, causing masculinzation or feminization (Adrenal Cortex)
Insulin (Peptide)
Decrease blood [glucose]/ Increase Glycogen and fat storage; Beta cells secrete; absent or ineffective in diabetes mellitus (Endocrine Pancreas)
Glucagon (Peptide)
Increase blood [glucose]/ decrease glycogen and fat storage; alpha cells secrete; (Endocrine Pancreas)
Somatosin (SS) (Peptide)
Inhibits many digestive processes; gamma cells secrete (Endocrine Pancreas)
Testosterone (Steroid)
Male Characteristics; spermatogenesis (Testes)
Estrogen (Steroid)
Female Characteristics, endometrial growth (Ovaries/Placenta)
Progesterone (Steroid)
Endometrial secretion, pregnancy (Ovaries/Placenta)
Atrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF) (Peptide)
Kidney/Increase urination to decrease blood pressure (Heart)
