Hormones Flashcards
ADH
Target:Kidney
Result:Increases reabsorption of water from urine to bloodstream in response to dehydration
Oxytocin
Target:Uterine Muscle and mammary glands
Result: Stimulates contractions of the uterus for birth; stimulates the release of milk during breast feeding
TSH
Target: Thyroid gland
Result:Stimulates the thyroid to release thyroxine
ACTH
Target:Adrenal Cortex
Result:Stimulates the adrenal cortex to release cortisol , aldosterone and androgens in response to stress
HGH
Target: Bones and Muscles
Result: causes mitosis to stimulate growth
Thyroxine
Target: All body cells
Result: increases the rate of metabolic activity, producing ATP and heat
Calcitonin
Target: Bones,Teeth,and gut
Result: Decreases blood glucose by increasing cell permeability to glucose and conversion of blood glucose into liver and muscle glycogen
Insulin
Target: all cells, liver and muscles
Result : Decreases blood glucose by increasing cell permeability to glucose and conversion of blood glucose into liver and muscle glycogen
Glucagon
Target: All cells,liver, and muscles
Result : increases blood glucose by decreasing cell permeability to glucose and conversion of stored glycogen into glucose
Cortisol
Target: all tissues
Result: converts protein into glucose
Aldosterone
Target: kidney
Result: Increases blood volume by increasing reabsorption Na+ and water from urine
Testosterone
Target: Many tissues
Result: Increased muscle,bone, hair growth
Norepinephrine
Target: blood vessels,heart , lungs, air passages, iris, liver
Results : shunts blood to core and large muscles, increases breathing and heart rates, dilutes pupil,hydrolyzes liver glycogen
PTH
Increases blood calcium by dissolving bones and increasing absorption from the gut
Estrogen
Target: General uterus
Result: Develop and maintain secondary female characteristics growth of uterus lining
