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Chemical which elicits regulatory response to
target tissue - answer Hormone
Examples of Nitrogenous Hormones
Polypeptides, Derived from amino acids - answer
Epinephrine, Thyroxine
Examples of Steroid Hormones - answer Cortisol,
Estrogen
,Feedback Loop - Increase in product, decrease
stimulation - answer Negative Feedback Loop
Feedback Loop - Increase product, increase
stimulation
Two compounds are directly proportional - answer
Positive Feedback Loop
Hypothalamus - Hypothalamic Hormones (List) -
answer Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)
Dopamine (Prolactin-inhibiting hormone)
Growth Hormone-Releasing hormone
Somatostain (Growth Hormone-Inhibiting Hormone)
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone
Abbreviation and Major Site of Action - answer TRH
Anterior Pituitary
Dopamine (Prolactin-inhibiting hormone)
,Abbreviation and Major Site of Action - answer DA
or PIH
Anterior Pituitary
Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone
Abbreviation and Major Site of Action - answer
GHRH
Anterior Pituitary
Somatostatin (Growth Hormone-Inhibiting
Hormone)
Abbreviation and Major Site of Action - answer SS,
GHIH
Anterior Pituitary
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
Abbreviation and Major Site of Action - answer
GnRH
Anterior Pituitary
Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
Abbreviation and Major Site of Action - answer
CRH or CRF
, Anterior Pituitary
TRH Principal Action - answer Stimulate thyroid-
stimulating (TSH) release from anterior (primarily)
DA or PIH Principal Action - answer Inhibit prolactin
release from anterior pituitary
GHRH Principal Action - answer Stimulate Growth
Hormone (GH) release from anterior pituitary
SS, GHIH Principal Action - answer Inhibit Growth
Hormone (GH) release from anterior pituitary
Inhibit Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone release from
anterior pititary
GnRH Principal Action - answer Stimulate Follicle-
Stimulating Hormone (FSH) release from anterior
pituitary
Stimulate Luteinizing Hormone (LH) release from
anterior pituitary