hormones

cortisol

adrenal cortex
epi
- epinephrine
- adrenal medulla
norepi
- norepinephrine
- adrenal medulla
ACTH
- adrenocorticotropic
- anterior pituitary
CRH
- corticotropin-releasing hormone
- hypothalamus
TRH
- thyrotropin-releasing hormone
- hypothalamus
TSH
- thyroid-stimulating hormone
- anterior pituitary
GHRH
- growth hormone-releasing hormone
- hypothalamus
GH
- growth hormone
- anterior pituitary
SS
- somatostatin
- hypothalamus / pancreas
DA
- dopamine
- hypothalamus
PRL
- prolactin
- anterior pituitary
insulin

pancreas
glucagon

pancreas
PTH
- parathyroid hormone
- parathyroid
OT
- oxytocin
- posterior pituitary (hypothalamus)
ADH
- antidiuretic hormone
- posterior pituitary (hypothalamus)
T₄
- thyroxine
- thyroid
T₃
- triiodothyronine
- thyroid
calcitonin

thyroid
hCG
- human chorionic gonadotropin
- placenta

Author

emerick9102

ID

17228

Card Set

hormones

Description

review of the abbreviations and origins of common endocrine hormones

Updated

2010-05-02T15:25:15Z

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