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| What hormone does adipose tissue secrete? |
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| What primary target organs does the hormone leptin affect? |
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Definition
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| What effects does leptin have on the body? |
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Term
| What hormone(s) does the adrenal cortex secrete? |
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Definition
Glucocorticoids and aldosterone |
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Term
| What are the primary target organs affected by the hormones aldosterone and glucocorticoids? |
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Definition
| Liver, kidneys, and muscles |
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Term
| What is the primary effect of glucocorticoids? |
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Definition
| Influence glucose metabolism |
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Term
| What is the primary effect of aldosterone? |
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Definition
| Promotes sodium retention and potassium excretion |
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Term
| What hormone(s) does the adrenal medulla secrete? |
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Definition
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Term
| What primary target organs does epinephrine affect? |
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Definition
| heart, bronchioles, and blood vessels |
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Term
What is the primary effect of epinephrine? |
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Definition
| Causes adrenergic stimulation |
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Term
| What hormone(s) does the heart secrete? |
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Definition
| Atrial natriuretic hormone |
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Term
What primary target organs does atrial natriuretic hormone affect? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the primary effect of atrial natriuretic hormone? |
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Definition
| Promotes excretion of sodium in the urine |
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Term
| What hormone(s) does the hypothalamus secrete? |
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Definition
| Releasing and inhibiting hormone |
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Term
| What primary target organs do the releasing and inhibiting hormones affect? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary effects of releasing and inhibiting hormones? |
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Definition
| Regulates secretion of anterior pituitary hormones |
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Term
| What hormone(s) does the small intestine secrete? |
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Definition
| Secretin and cholecystokinin |
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Term
| What are the primary target organs affected by secretin and cholecystokinin? |
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Definition
| Stomach, liver, and pancreas |
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Term
| What are the primary effects of secretin and cholecystokinin? |
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Definition
| Inhibits gastric motility and stimulates bile and pancreatic juice secretion |
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Term
| What hormone(s) are secreted by the Islets of Langerhans (pancreas)? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary target organs affected by insulin and glucagon? |
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Definition
| Many organs, liver, and adipose tissue |
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Term
| What are the primary effects of insulin? |
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Definition
| Promotes cellular uptake of glucose and formation of glycogen and fat |
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Term
| What are the primary effects of glucagon? |
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Definition
| Stimulates hydrolysis of glycogen and fat |
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Term
| What hormone(s) do the kidneys secrete? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary target organs affected by erythropoietin? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary effects of erythropoietin? |
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Definition
| Stimulates red blood cell production |
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Term
| What hormone(s) are secreted by the liver? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary target organs affected by somatomedins? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary effects of somatomedins? |
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Definition
| Stimulates cell division and growth |
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Term
| What hormone(s) are secreted by the ovaries? |
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Definition
| Estradiol-17β and progesterone |
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Term
| What are the primary target organs affected by Estradiol-17β and progesterone? |
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Definition
| female reproductive tract and mammary glands |
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Term
| What are the primary effects of Estradiol-17β and progesterone? |
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Definition
| Maintains structure of reproductive tract and promotes secondary sex characteristics |
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Term
| What hormone(s) are secreted from the parathyroid glands? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary target organs of parathyroid hormone? |
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Definition
| bone, small intestine, and kidneys |
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Term
| What are the primary effects of parathyroid hormone? |
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Definition
| Increase calcium concentration in blood |
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Term
| What hormone(s) does the pineal gland secrete? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary target organs for melatonin? |
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Definition
| Hypothalamus and anterior pituitary |
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Term
| What are the primary effects of melatonin? |
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Definition
| Affects secretion of gonadotrophic hormones |
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Term
| What hormone(s) does the anterior pituitary secrete? |
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Definition
FSH, LH, TSH, ACTH, and growth hormone |
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Term
| What are the primary target organs affected by FSH, LH, TSH, and ACTH? |
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Definition
| Endocrine glands and other organs |
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Term
| What are the primary effects of FSH, LH, TSH, ACTH, and growth hormone? |
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Definition
| Stimulates growth and development of target organs, and stimulates secretion of other hormones. |
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Term
| What hormone(s) does the posterior pituitary secrete? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary target organs for ADH and oxytocin? |
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Definition
| Kidneys, blood vessels, uterus, and mammary glands |
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Term
| What are the primary effects of ADH? |
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Definition
| Promotes water retention and vasoconstriction |
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Term
| What are the primary effects of oxytocin? |
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Definition
| Stimulates contraction of uterus and mammary secretory units |
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Term
| What hormone(s) does the skin secrete? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the primary target organ for hormone 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 ? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary effects of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 ? |
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Definition
| Stimulates absorption of calcium |
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Term
| What hormone(s) does the stomach secrete? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the primary target organ affected by gastrin? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary effects of gastrin? |
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Definition
| Stimulates acid secretion |
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Term
| What hormone(s) do the testes secrete? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary target organs affected by testosterone? |
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Definition
| Prostate, seminal vesicles, and other organs |
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Term
| What are the primary effects of testosterone? |
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Definition
| Stimulates secondary sexual deveolpment |
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Term
| What hormone(s) does the thymus gland secrete? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary target organs affected by thymopoietin? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary effects of thymopoietin? |
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Definition
| Stimulates white blood cell production |
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Term
| What hormone(s) does the thyroid gland secrete? |
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Definition
| Thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), and calcitonin |
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Term
| What are the primary target organs for T4, T3, and calcitonin? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the primary effects of T4 and T3? |
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Definition
| Promote growth and development and stimulate basal rate of cell respiration (basil metabolic rate or BMR) |
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Term
| What are the primary effects of calcitonin? |
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Definition
| May participate in the regulation of blood calcium levels. |
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