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Growth Hormone
(GH)
Gland: Anterior Pituitary
Target: All body cells
Action: Growth, Metabolic Regulation
Prolactin
Gland: Anterior Pituitary
Target: Female-mammary gland; Male- no known effect
Action: Female- lactation
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
(TSH)
Gland: Anterior Pituitary
Target: Thyroid Gland
Action: Thyroid hormone production
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Gland: Anterior Pituitary
Target: Adrenal cortes
Action: Adrenocortical hormone production
Follicle-stimulating hormone
(FSH)
Gland: Anterior pituitary
Target: Female-ovary (follicles); Male- testis (seminiferous tubules)
Action: Female-Oogenesis; Male-Spermatogenesis
Luteinizing Hormone
(LH)
Gland: Anterior Pituitary
Target: Female- ovary (follicle/corpus luteum); Male-testies (interstitial cells)
Action: Female- ovulation and corpus luteum production; Male- testosterone production
Melanocyte-stimulating hormone
(MSH)
Gland: Anterior Pituitary
Target: Unknown (skin)
Action: Unknown (color to skin?)
Antidiuretic hormone
(ADH)
Gland: Posterior Pituitary
Target: Kidney
Action: Water conservation
Oxytocin
Gland: Posterior pituitary
Target: Female-uterus and mammary glands, Male- no known effect
Action: Female- contractions at parturition (uterus) and milk letdown (mammary glands); Male- no known effect
Thyroid hormone
(TH)
Gland: Thyroid
Target: All body cells
Action: Growth and metabolic regulation
Calcitonin
Gland: Thyroid
Target: Bones
Action: Prevents
hyper
calcemia
Parathyroid hormone
(PTH)
Gland: Parathyroid
Target: Kidneys, intestines, bones
Action: prevents HYPOcalcemia
Glucocorticoid hormones
Gland: Adrenal Cortex
Target: Whole body
Action: Increased blood glucose and blood pressure maintenance
Mineralocorticoid hormones
Gland: Adrenal cortex
Target: Kidneys
Action: Sodium and water retention; potassium elimination
Sex hormones
Gland: Adrenal cortex
Target: whole body
Action: minimal effects
Epinephrine and Norepinephrine
Gland: Adrenal medulla
Target: whole body
Action: part of flight-or-fight response
Insulin
Gland: pancreas
Target: all body cells
Action: movement of glucose into cells and its use for energy
Glucagon
Gland: pancreas
Target: whole body
Action: INCREASE blood glucose
Androgens
Gland: Testis
Target: whole body
Action: Anabolic effect; development of male secondary sex characteristics
Estrogens
Gland: Ovary
Target: whole body
Action: Preparation for breeding and pregnancy
Progestins
Gland: Ovary
Target: Uterus
Action: Preparation for a maintenance of pregnancy
Author
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ID
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Card Set
VET1250Endocrine
Description
Endocrine system
Updated
2010-08-28T12:06:03Z
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