Kelly Files definitions and correct answers
Hypothalamus secretes - answer-releasing and inhibiting hormones
Function of inhibiting and releasing hormones - answer-Stimulate Pituitary
Anterior pituitary (base of brain; controls growth and development) secretes - answer- Adrenocorticotropic hormones Thyroid Stimulating hormone Follicle Stimulating hormone Luteinizing Hormone Prolactin Growth Hormone
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) - answer-Stimulates adrenal cortex to secrete glucocorticoids
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) - answer-stimulates thyroid gland
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) - answer-stimulates production of ova (females) and sperm (males).
Luteinizing hormone (LH) - answer-stimulates ovaries (females) and testes (males)
Prolactin (PRL) - answer-Stimulates milk production
Growth Hormone (GH) - answer-Stimulates growth and metabolic functions
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) - answer-Promotes retention of water by kidneys
Oxytocin (OT) - answer-Stimulates contraction of uterus and mammary gland cells.
Melatonin - answer-Sleep cycles; biorhythms
Triiodothyronine (T3) - answer-metabolism
Thyroxine (T4) - answer-regulates metabolism and temperature
Calcitonin - answer-Inhibits the release of Calcium from bones.
parathyroid hormone (PTH) - answer-Stimulates release of calcium from bones, back into blood.
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Thymosin - answer-stimulates T-cell development
Cortisol (glucocorticoid) - answer-Stress response; increase blood glucose, decrease immune response; metabolism.
Aldosterone - answer-Regulates Na content in blood
Epinephrine - answer-fight
Nonrepinephrine (NE) - answer-flight
Estrogen in males - answer-Stimulates egg maturation, controls secondary sex characteristics.
Progesterone in males - answer-Prepares uterus to receive fertilized egg.
Testosterone in males - answer-Regulates sperm production and secondary sex characteristics.
Erthropoietin (EPO) - answer-Regulates cellular hypoxia
Renin - answer-Promotes production of angiotensin
Angiotensin II - answer-Vasoconstriction and increase blood pressure
Glucagon (alpha cells) - answer-Increase blood glucose
Insulin (beta cells) - answer-decreases blood glucose levels
Gastrin - answer-Response to food; stimulates production of gastric juices.
Secretin - answer-Response to acidity in small intestine; stimulates secretion by liver and pancreas.
Cholecystokinin (CCK) - answer-Production of Bile salts
Atrial Natriurectic Peptide (ANP) - answer-Increase renal NA excretion, decrease DCF
Chief Cells - answer-Convert pepsinogen to pepsin
Goblet cells - answer-mucus secreting cells
Pariatal cells - answer-HCI production
Peyer's patches - answer-Lymphatic tissue found in ileum to protect GI tract from pathogens.
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