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hypothalamus - ANSWER ✔✔axons from here terminate in the

posterior pituitary


neurohypophysis - ANSWER ✔✔aka the posterior pituitary


antidiuretic hormone - ANSWER ✔✔ADH


ADH - ANSWER ✔✔hormone abbr. responsible for kidney water

retention


ADH - ANSWER ✔✔hormone released in response to low blood

volume, low blood pressure, and high ECF osmotic pressure

,Oxytocin - ANSWER ✔✔hormone that regulates reproductive

function (uterine contractions, milk ejection)


adenohypophysis - ANSWER ✔✔aka anterior pituitary


posterior pituitary - ANSWER ✔✔gland that produces ADH and

oxytocin


anterior pituitary - ANSWER ✔✔tropic hormones released by the

hypothalamus travel here via portal system to release many different

hormones


tropic - ANSWER ✔✔type of hormone that stimulates the release of

different hormones from the anterior pituitary


Prolactin Releasing Hormone - ANSWER ✔✔PRH


PRH - ANSWER ✔✔stimulates release of prolactin


prolactin inhibiting hormone - ANSWER ✔✔PIH


PIH - ANSWER ✔✔dopamine, inhibits prolactin release


thyrotropin releasing hormone - ANSWER ✔✔TRH


TRH - ANSWER ✔✔stimulates TSH release


corticotropin releasing hormone - ANSWER ✔✔CRH

,corticotropin releasing hormone - ANSWER ✔✔CRH


CRH - ANSWER ✔✔stimulates release of ACTH


growth hormone releasing hormone - ANSWER ✔✔GHRH


GHRH - ANSWER ✔✔stimulates GH release


growth hormone inhibiting hormone - ANSWER ✔✔GHIH


GHIH - ANSWER ✔✔inhibits GH release


gonadotropin releasing hormone - ANSWER ✔✔GnRH


GnRH - ANSWER ✔✔stimulates LH and FSH release


prolactin - ANSWER ✔✔PL


PL - ANSWER ✔✔hormone that triggers general reproductive

functions, promotes breast development and milk production,

suppresses ovulation during breast-feeding


thyroid stimulating hormone - ANSWER ✔✔TSH


TSH - ANSWER ✔✔Hormone responsible for thyroid growth,

stimulates T3 and T4 hormone release


adrenocorticotropic hormone - ANSWER ✔✔ACTH


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, ACTH - ANSWER ✔✔hormone that promotes glucocorticoid release

from adrenal cortex in response to stress


growth hormone - ANSWER ✔✔GH


GH - ANSWER ✔✔hormone that promotes IGF-1 release to promote

growth, alters protein synthesis, and carb and lipid metabolism


luteinizing hormone - ANSWER ✔✔LH


follicle stimulating hormone - ANSWER ✔✔FSH


LH - ANSWER ✔✔hormone that stimulates ovulation


FSH - ANSWER ✔✔hormone that activates sperm and testosterone

production at puberty


pituitary adenoma - ANSWER ✔✔tumor on the pituitary gland


acromegaly - ANSWER ✔✔gigantism, caused by pituitary adenoma,

abnormally high growth rate


pancreas - ANSWER ✔✔organ that produces insulin and glucagon


insulin - ANSWER ✔✔produced by beta cells in pancreas, promotes

glucose uptake from the blood to decrease blood glucose levels.