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Hormone buzzwords Flashcards

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Stimulates bone and muscle growth

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GH -> IGF-1 -> TK

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Stimulates milk production

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Prolactin

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Stimulates milk ejection during lactation

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Oxytocin

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Responsible for female secondary sex characteristics

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Estrogen – estrodial

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Stimulates metabolic activity

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Thyroid hormone

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Increases blood glucose level and decreases protein synthesis

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Glucocorticoids

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Responsible for male secondary sex characteristics

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Testosterone

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Prepares endometrium for implantation/maintenance of pregnancy

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Progesterone

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Stimulates adrenal cortex to synthesize and secrete cortisol

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ACTH

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Stimulates follicle maturation in females and spermatogenesis in males

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FSH

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Increases plasma calcium, increases bone formation

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Calcitonin

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Stimulates ovulation in females and testosterone synthesis in males

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LH

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Stimulates thyroid to produce TH and uptake iodine

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TSH

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Growth hormone (GH)

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Anterior pituitary

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Thyroid hormone

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Thyroid

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Glucocorticoids (cortisol)

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Adrenal cortex – zona fasiculata

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Progesterone

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Ovary, placenta

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Prolactin

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Anterior pituitary

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Oxytocin

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Hypothalamus – paraventricular nucleus, stored in posterior pituitary

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Atrial natriuretic hormone (ANH)

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Atria of heart

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Glucagon

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Alpha cell of pancreas

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Testosterone

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Testes, ovaries, zona reticularis of adrenal cortex

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Follicule-stimulating hormones (FSH)

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Anterior pituitary

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Vasopressin (ADH)

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Hypothalamus/supraoptic nucleus – stored in posterior pituitary

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Calcitonin
Parafollicular cells of thyroid – C cells
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Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
Anterior pituitary
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Epinephrine and norepinephrine
Chromaffin cells of adrenal medulla
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Insulin
Beta cells of pancreas
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Estradiol
Ovaries
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Estriol
Placenta
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Estrone
Adipose cells
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Estrogen in males
Testes, adipose cells
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Parathyroid hormones (PTH)
Parathyroid glands
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Somatostatin
Delta cells of pancreas
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Luteinizing hormone (LH)
Anterior pituitary
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Mineralocorticoids (aldosterone)
Zona glomerulosa of adrenal cortex
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Anterior pituitary
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Alpha cells
Glucagon
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Beta cells
Insulin
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Delta cells
somatostatin

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