CHP 20 - ENDOCRINE HORMONES
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 HORMONES PRODUCED IN PITUITARY - ANTERIOR | ACTION AND RELEASING OR INHIBITING HORMONE |
| GROWTH HORMONE (GH), | GH - ANTERIOR PITUITARY RELEASES GHRH GHIH INHIBITS RELEASE TARGET CELLS: ALMOST ALL CELLS |
| PROLACTIN (PRL) | PRL- ANTERIOR PITUITARY STIMULATGES MAMMORY GLDS FOR MILK PROD. PIH - INHIBITS RELEASE TARGET CELLS: MAMMORY GLANDS - OVARIES TESTIES |
| FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH) | FSH - ANTERIOR PITUITARY TARGET CELLS: OVARY (ESTROGEN, PROGESTRINE) TESTIES (ANDROGEN) |
| LUTEINIZING HORMONE- LH | LH-ANTERIOR PITUITARY GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE (GNRH) TARGET CELLS INDUCES OVULATION, PROD OF ESTROGEN & PROGESTERONE BY CELLS OF CORPUS LUTEM STIMULATES INTERSTITIAL CELLS FOR PROD OR TESTRONE |
| ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH) | STIMULATES THE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, & SECRETION HORMONES BY THE ADRENAL CORTEX CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (CRH) STIMULATES RELEASE TARGET CELLS: ADRENAL CORTEX: GLUCOCORICOIDS AND MINERAL CORTICOIDS |
| THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE TSH | STIMULATES THE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND SECRETION OR STERIOD HORMONES BY THE THYROID GLAND (TRH) STIMULATES RELEASE TARGET CELLS: THYROID HORMONES : T3 AND T4 = TRIOIODINE HYROMINE |
| HYPOTHALAMICE HORMONES STORED & REL | HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS CONTAINING NEURON CELL BODIES |
| OXYTOCIN | STIMULATES UTERINE CONTRACTIONS AND MILK EJECTION BY MAMMARY GLANDS PARAVENTRICULAR AND SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS |
| ANIDIURETIC HORMONE (ADH, VASOPRESSIN) | INCREASES WATER RETENTION, VASOCONSTRICTION PARAVENTRICULAR AND SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS |
| MSH | MELANOCYTES TARGET CELLS BODY FOR MELANIN PRODUCTION |
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