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location: anterior pituitary; direct
function: stimulates milk production and secretion |
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synthesized by small intestine
secreted by duodenum
stimulates digestion of fat and protein |
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location: anterior pituitary; direct
Function: promotes bone and muscle growth; deficiency= dwarfism; overproduction= gigantism in children and acromegally in adults |
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location: pancreas
funtion: stimulates protein and fat degradation; conversion of glycogen to glucose; gluconeogenesis; raises BL glucose |
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location: posterior pituitary
function: increases permeability of kidney's collecting duct to water promoting water reabsorption and raises BL volume
secreted when plasma osmolarity rises or when BL volume decreases |
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Location: posterior pituitary
function: secreted during childbirth, increases strength and frequency of contractions; stimulates milk production |
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location: pancreas
function: uptake of glucose; synthesis of fats from glucose; uptake of amino acids
antagonistic to glucagon and glucocorticoids |
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location: thyroid
function: decrease Calcium by inhibiting its release from bone
antagonist to PTH |
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inhibited by somatostatin
stimulates secretion of HCL by parietal cells |
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produced by duodenum
stimulates secretion of bicarbonate solution from pancreas
inhibited by somatostatin |
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secreted by chief cells of parathyroid
increases calcium in blood |
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location: anterior pituitary; tropic
function: in frogs it causes darkening to skin via induced dispersion molecules of pigment in melanophore cells |
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location: pineal gland
function: circadian rhythms |
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| thyroxine; triiodothyronine |
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location: thyroid
function: growth and neurological development in children, increase rate of metabolism |
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location: anterior pituitary; tropic
function: in females--> ovulation and formation of corpus luteum
in males --> stimulates interstitial cells of testes to synthesize testosterone |
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Location: anterior pituitary; tropic
function: stimulates thyroid gland to synthesize and release hormones such as thyroxin |
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location: anterior pituitary; tropic
function: stimulates cortex to synthesize and secrete glucocorticoids; regulated by releasing hormone corticitrophin-releasing factor, CRF |
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Location: Anterior pituitary; tropic
function: in females --> maturation of ovarian follicles which begin secreting estrogen
in males --> stimulates maturation of seminiferous tubules and sperm production |
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