| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Follicle-stimulating Hormone | Regulates the funtion of the gonads |
| Follicle stimulating Hormone | Promotes sperm and egg production |
| Follicle-stimulating Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone | Not found in blood of pre-pubertal boys and girls (when they rise, gonads develop) |
| Luteinizing Hormone | Regulates the function of the gonads (ovaries or testes) |
| Luteinizing Hormone | Promotes production of Gonadal Hormones (testosterone or estrogen) |
| Luteinizing Hormone | In females, this hormone triggers ovulation |
| Luteinizing Hormone | Stimulates release of this hormone and FSH, Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone released from the Hypothalamus |
| Luteinizing Hormone | Inhibits release of this gormone and FSH - Gonadal Hormones |
| Adrencorticotropic Hormone and Melancocyte-Stimulating Hormone | Derived from Pro-opiomelanocortin |
| Adrencorticotropic Hormone | Acts on the Adrenal Cortex to release corticosteroid hormones (Glucocorticoids) |
| Adrencorticotropic Hormone | Stimulates the release of this hormone - Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone from the hypothalamus |
| Adrencorticotropic Hormone | Inhibits the release of this hormone - Elevated levels of Glucocorticoids |
| Thyroid stimulating Hormone | Acts on the thyroid gland to cause the release of Thyroid Hormone |
| Thyroid-stimulating Hormone | Stimulates release of Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone of the hypothalamus |
| Thyroid-stimulating Hormone | Inhibits the release of this hormone - Thyroid Hormone |
| Melancocyte-Stimulating Hormone | Stimulates melanocytes to increase synthesis of melanin pigment |
| Prolactin | Causes stimulation of Milk Production in human breasts; in other animals it stimulates gonads (levels rise toward the end of pregnancy) |
| Prolactin | Stimulates release of this hormone - Serotonin and Suckling |
| Prolactin | Inhibits release of Prolactin - Dopamine |
| Growth Hormone | Stimulates most cells of the body to increase in size and divide (Targets bones and skeletal muscles especially) |
| Growth Hormone | Increase in protein synthesis (how skeletal muscles grow in size) |
| Growth Hormone | Growth promotion: mostly mediated by another protein called Insulin-like Growth Factor, which is made by the liver when this hormone is present; highest levels are experienced during adolescence, related to growth |
| Growth Hormone | Increased use of fat tissue components; use up the contents of adipocytes = lose weight |
| Growth Hormone | Increase of blood sugar levels; Diabetogenic Effect - it mimics the disease diabetes mellitus, in which people have too much glucose in their blood and the glucose cannot get into cells |
| Growth Hormone | Stimulates release of this hormone - Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone from the hypothalamus |
| Growth Hormone | Inhibits release of this hormone - somotostatin and elevated levels of this hormone (example of negative feedback) |
| Diseases of Growth Hormone secretion | Gigantism |
| Diseases of Growth Hormone secretion | Acromegaly |
| Diseases of Growth Hormone secretion | Pituitary dwarfism |
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