Functions of Endocrine Hormones and Where they come from

Question 1

GH function

Answer 1

stim. bone and muscle growth, via IGF-1

Question 2

Prolactin function

Answer 2

stim. milk production and secretion

Question 3

Oxytocin function

Answer 3

stimulate milk secretion during lactation

Question 4

Estrogen function

Answer 4

responsible for female secondary sex characteristics

Question 5

TH function

Answer 5

stim. metabolic activity

Question 6

Cortisol function

Answer 6

increase blood glucose, decrease protein synthesis, increased BP, increase insulin resistance, increase gluconeogenesis, lipolysis and proteolysis
decrease fibroblast activity
decrease inflammatory and immune responses
decrease bone formation

Question 7

Testosterone function

Answer 7

male secondary sex characteristics

Question 8

Progesterone function

Answer 8

prepares endometrium for implantation and maintenance of pregnancy

Question 9

ACTH function

Answer 9

stim. adrenal cortex to make and secrete cortisol

Question 10

FSH function

Answer 10

stim. follicle maturation in females and spermatogenesis in males

Question 11

PTH function

Answer 11

increase plasma calcium, increase bone resorption, decrease phosphate reabsorption, increase calcitriol

Question 12

calcitonin function

Answer 12

decrease plasma calcium and increase bone formation

Question 13

LH function

Answer 13

stim. ovulation in females and testosterone synthesis in males

Question 14

TSH function

Answer 14

stim. TH production and iodine uptake

Question 15

Where is GH made?

Answer 15

anterior pituitary

Question 16

Where is TH made?

Answer 16

thyroid

Question 17

Where are glucocorticoids made?

Answer 17

adrenal cortex - zona fasciculata

Question 18

Where is TSH made?

Answer 18

ant. pit.

Question 19

Where are Epi and NE made?

Answer 19

adrenal medulla - chromaffin cells

Question 20

Where is insulin made?

Answer 20

beta cells in islets of Langerhans in pancreas

Question 21

Where is progesterone made?

Answer 21

ovaries, placenta

Question 22

Where is oxytocin made? stored in?

Answer 22

hypothalamus - paraventricular nucleus–> post. pit. stores and secretes it

Question 23

Where is atrial natriuretic hormone made?

Answer 23

heart

Question 24

where is FSH made?

Answer 24

ant. pit.

Question 25

Where is ADH made? stored?

Answer 25

supraoptic nucleus of hypothalamus–> stored in post. pit

Question 26

where is calcitonin made?

Answer 26

parafollicular cells of thyroid aka C cells

Question 27

where is estradiol made?

Answer 27

ovaries

Question 28

where is estriol made?

Answer 28

placenta

Question 29

where is estrone made?

Answer 29

adipocytes

Question 30

where is estrogen made in males?

Answer 30

testes

Question 31

where is PTH made?

Answer 31

parathyroid chief cells

Question 32

where is somatostatin made?

Answer 32

delta cells of the pancreas

Question 33

where is LH made?

Answer 33

ant. pit.

Question 34

where is aldosterone made?

Answer 34

adrenal cortex - zona glomerulosa

Question 35

where is ACTH made?

Answer 35

ant. pit.

Question 36

where is glucagon made?

Answer 36

alpha cells of pancreas

Question 37

where is testosterone made?

Answer 37

testes, ovaries, zona reticularis (adrenal cortex)