Hormones

Question 1

TSH

Answer 1

Thyroid-stimulating hormone is an anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroxine, and then triiodothyronine which stimulates the metabolism of almost every tissue in the body.

Question 2

ACTH

Answer 2

Adrenocorticotropic hormone is a polypeptide tropic hormone produced by and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland.ACTH is an important component of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and is often produced in response to biological stress.

Question 3

FSH

Answer 3

Follicle stimulating hormone is produced by the anterior pituitary gland. … Follicle stimulating hormone is one of the hormones essential to pubertal development and the function of women’s ovaries and men’s testes.

Question 4

LH

Answer 4

Luteinizing hormone is a hormone produced by gonadotropic cells in the anterior pituitary gland. In females, an acute rise of LH triggers ovulation and development of the corpus luteum. In males, where LH had also been called interstitial cell–stimulating hormone, it stimulates Leydig cell production of testosterone.

Question 5

HGH

Answer 5

Growth hormone or somatotropin, also known as human growth hormone in its human form, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration in humans and other animals. It is thus important in human development. Secreted by the anterior pituitary.

Question 6

Prolactin

Answer 6

Prolactin, also known as luteotropic hormone or luteotropin, is a protein that is best known for its role in enabling mammals, usually females, to produce milk. Secreted by the anterior pituitary.

Question 7

Oxytocin

Answer 7

Oxytocin is a peptide hormone and neuropeptide. Oxytocin is normally produced in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary. It causes childbirth.

Question 8

ADH

Answer 8

Vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone, arginine vasopressin or argipressin, is a hormonesecreted by the posterior pituitary, targeting the kidney causing it to keep water

Question 9

Anterior & posterior

Answer 9

Ant. Front post. Back

Question 10

Endocrine system

Answer 10

The endocrine system is a chemical messenger system consisting of hormones, the group of glands of an organism that secrete those hormones directly into the circulatory system to regulate the function of distant target organs, and the feedback loops which modulate hormone release so that homeostasis is maintained.

Question 11

Pituitary

Answer 11

Located in the middle of the head (master gland) the anterior pituitary produces HGH, TSH, ACTH, FSH, LH, and prolactin. The posterior pituitary secrets ADH, and Oxytocin

Question 12

Hypothalamus

Answer 12

Thehypothalamusis a small region of the brain. It’s located at the base of the brain, above the pituitary gland. While it’s very small, thehypothalamusplays a crucial role in many important functions, including: releasing hormones. regulating body temperature.

Question 13

Thyroid

Answer 13

Thethyroidis a butterfly-shaped gland in the front of the neck. It produces hormones that control the speed of your metabolism. (Thyroxine, and calcitonin)

Question 14

Parathyroid

Answer 14

The parathyroid is located on the back of the thyroid gland, that control the body’s calcium levels.secrets PTH

Question 15

Pancras

Answer 15

Located just under the stomach in the abdomen. Secrets insulin, and glucagon.

Question 16

Insulin

Answer 16

Insulin causes the muscles and the liver to become more permeable to glucose, letting sugar into the cells, therefore reducing blood sugar levels. (In-cell-in)

Question 17

Glucagon

Answer 17

(glucose-be-gone) causes the liver to release glucose, therefore increasing blood sugar levels. Necessary for needed energy in the cells.

Question 18

Thyroxine

Answer 18

Increases a person’s metabolic rate. 60% of burned glucose is given off as heat, the remaining 40% is converted to energy. TSH from the pituitary stimulates the thyroid to release thyroxine into the blood.

Question 19

Testosterone

Answer 19

Develops male secondary sex characteristics, stimulates spermatogenesis.

Question 20

Androgens

Answer 20

An androgen is any natural or synthetic steroid hormone that regulates the development and maintenance of male characteristics in vertebrates by binding to androgen receptors.

Question 21

Goiter

Answer 21

This is a results when a person has an enlarged thyroid. This is initially caused by a.lack of iodine in the diet. Iodine is an ingredient for thyroxine, so low thyroxine=high TSH=swollen overstimulated thyroid= goiter

Question 22

Acromegaly

Answer 22

Acromegalyis a hormonal disorder that develops when your pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone during adulthood. When this happens, your bones increase in size, including those of your hands, feet and face.Acromegalyusually affects middle-aged adults (after growth plates harden)

Question 23

Gigantism

Answer 23

Lots of HGH before growth plates harden

Question 24

Islets of langerhans

Answer 24

Cells in the pancreas that make the hormones.