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Hormones Flashcards

1
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Stimulates bone and muscle growth

A

Growth Hormone

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2
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Stimulates milk production

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Prolactin

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3
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Stimulates milk secretion during lactation

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Oxytocin

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4
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Responsible for female secondary sex characteristics

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Estrogen

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5
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Stimulates metabolic activty

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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

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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

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FSH

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11
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Increases plasma calcium, increases bone resorption

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PTH

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12
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Decreases plasma calcium, increases bone formation

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Calcitonin

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13
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Stimulates ovulation in females and testosterone synthesis in males

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LH

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14
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Stimulates thyroid to produce TH and uptake iodine

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TSH

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15
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Growth hormone

A

Anterior pituitary

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16
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Thyroid hormone

17
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Glucocorticoids (Cortisol)

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Adrenal cortex (zona fasiculata)

18
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Progesterone

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Ovaries (and placenta during pregnancy)

19
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Prolactin

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Anterior pituitary

20
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Oxytocin

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Hypothalamus (paraventricular nucleus)

21
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Atrial natriuretic hormone (ANH)

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Atria of heart

22
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Glucagon

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Alpha cells of pancreas

23
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Testosterone

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Testes (men) and ovaries (women)

24
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Follicle stimulating hormone

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Anterior pituitary

25
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Vasopressin (ADH)

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Hypothalamus (supraoptic nucleus)

26
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Calcitonin

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Parafollicular cells of the thyroid

27
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Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)

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Anterior pituitary

28
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Epinephrine and norepinephrine

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Adrenal medulla (chromaffin cells)

29
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Insulin

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Beta cells of the pancreas

30
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Estradiol

31
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Estriol

32
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Estrone

33
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Estrogen in males

34
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Parathyroid hormone

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Parathyroid glands

35
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Somatostain

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Delta cells of pancreas

36
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Luteinizing hormone

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Anterior pituitary

37
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Mineralocorticoids (aldosterone)

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Zona glomerulosa

38
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

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Anterior pituitary

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