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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.
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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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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, 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.
