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Chapter 17 Hormones Flashcards

Pituitary hormones

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607117640Follicle-stimulating hormone FSHovaries- female: growth of ovarian follicles and secretion of estrogen testes-male: sperm production
607117641luteinizing hormone LHovaries- female: ovulation, maintenance of corpus luteum testes- male: testosterone secretion
607117642thyroid-stimulating hormone TSHgrowth of thyroid, secretion of thyroid hormone
607117643adrenocorticotropic hormone ACTHgrowth of adrenal cortex, secretion of glucocorticoids
607117644prolactin PRLfemale- milk synthesis male- increased LH sensitivity
607117645growth hormone GHwidespread tissue growth, especially in the stated tissues
607117646antidiuretic hormone ADHwater retention
607117647oxytocin OTlabor contrations, milk release; possibly involved in ejaculation, sperm transport, sexual affection, and mother-infant bonding
607117648follicle-stimulating, luteinizing, thyroid-stimulating, adrenocorticotropic, prolactin, growth6 anterior pituitary hormones
607117649antidiuretic, oxytocin2 posterior pituitary hormones
607117650thyrotropin, corticotropin, gonadotropin, growth-hormone4 hypothalamic releasing hormones that regulates the anterior pituitary
607117651prolactin, somatostatin2 hypothalamic inhibiting hormones that regulates the anterior pituitary
607117652thyrotropin-releasing hormone TRHpromotes secretion of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and prolactin (PRL)
607117653corticotropin-releasing hormone CRHpromotes secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone ACTH
607117654gonadotropin-releasing hormone GnRHpromotes secretion of follicle-stimulating (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH)
607117655growth hormone-releasing hormone GHRHpromotes secretion of growth hormone GH
607117656prolactin-inhibiting hormone PIHinhibits secretion of prolactin PRL
607117657somatostatininhibits secretion of growth hormone (GH) and thyroid-stimulating hormones (TSH)
607127466follicle stimulating hormone FSH and luteinizing hormone LHpituitary hormones which targets the ovaries and testes
607127467thyroid-stimulating hormones TSHpituitary hormones which targets the thyroid gland
607127468adrenocorticotropic hormone ACTHpituitary hormones which targets the adrenal cortex
607188008prolactin PRLpituitary hormones which targets the mammary glands, testes
607188009growth hormones GHpituitary hormones which targets the liver, bone, cartilage, muscle, fat
607188010antidiuretic hormone ADHpituitary hormones which targets the kidneys
607188011oxytocin OTpituitary hormones which targets the uterus, mammary glands
612521832steroids, peptides, monoaminesthree chemical classes of hormones
612521833cholesterol, gonads, adrenal glandssteroids are derived from and are secreted by
612521834chains of amino acids, pituitary, hypothalamuspeptides and glycoproteins are created from and secreted by
612521835amino acids, adrenal acids, thyroid glandmonoamines (biogenic amines) are derived from and secreted by
612521836cholesterol or amino acids with carbohydrate added to make glycoproteinsall hormones are made from
612521837cholesterolsteroids hormones sythesized from
612521838first several amino acids is a signal peptide that guides it into cisterna of rough endoplasmic reticulumstep 1 of peptide synthesis
612521839signal peptide removed to form prohormonestep 2 of peptide synthesis
612521840golgi does final transformation to hormone packaged for secretionstep 3 of peptide synthesis
612980991follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormonestwo gonadotropin hormones that target gonads

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