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| Adrenocorticotropic Hormone |
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| anterior pituitary; controls the release of hormones from the adrenal cortex |
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| Thyroid stimulating hormone |
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| anterior pituitary; controls the secretion of hormones from the thyroid |
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| anterior pituitary; stimulates an increase in the size and rate of reproducing body cells, enhances the movement of amino acids through membranes |
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| anterior pituitary; stimulates milk production after birth |
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| anterior pituitary; promotes the secretion of sex hormones; plays a role in releasing an egg cell in females |
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| Follicle-stimulating hormone |
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| anterior pituitary; responsible for the development of the egg-containing follicles in the ovaries; stimulates the follicular cells to secrete estrogen; in males, stimulates the production of sex hormones |
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| posterior pituitary; causes the kidneys to reduce water excretion; in a high concentration, increases the blood pressure |
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| posterior pituitary; causes contractions of the muscles in the uterine wall; causes the muscles associated with the milk-secreting glands to contract |
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| adrenal cortex; helps regulate the concentration of extracellular electrolytes by causing sodium ions to be conserved and potassium ions to be excreted |
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| adrenal cortex; decreases protein synthesis; increases fatty acid release, and stimulates the formation of glucose from non carbohydrates |
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| adrenal cortex; supplement the sex hormones from the gonads; converted to estrogens in females |
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| Epinephrine/Norepinephrine |
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| adrenal medulla; sympathetic nervous system; include increased heart rate and increased force of cardiac muscle contraction, elevated blood pressure, increased breathing rate, and decreased activity in the digestive system |
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| thymus; affects the production and differentiation of white blood cells (lymphocytes) |
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| thyroid; help regulate the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, and enhance the rate of protein synthesis; essential to the maturation of the nervous system |
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| thyroid; lowers the blood calcium and phosphate concentrations by inhibiting the release of calcium and phosphate ions from bones and by increasing the excretion of these ions by the kidneys |
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| parathyroid; causes an increase in the blood calcium concentration and a decrease in the blood phosphate concentration |
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| pancreas; acts on the liver to stimulate the formation of gylcogen from glucose |
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| pancreas; stimulates the liver to convert glycogen and certain non carbohydrates such as amino acids into glucose causing the blood glucose concentration to rise |
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| pineal gland; affects the secretion of gonadotropic hormones; regulate the female reproductive cycle; night and day cycle |
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| stomach; stimulates acid secretion |
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| Atrial natiuretic hormone |
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| heart; promotes the excretion of sodium ions in the urine |
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| kidney; stimulates red blood cell production |
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| skin; stimulates the absorption of calcium ions in the intestine |
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| small intestine; inhibits gastric motility; stimulates bile and pancreatic juice secretion |
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| placenta; help maintain the uterus in its pregnant state and prevents spontaneous abortion |
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| testes; stimulates secondary sexual development |
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| Releasing and inhibiting hormones |
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| hypothalamus; regulates secretion of anterior pituitary hormones |
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| ovaries; development and maintenance of the female secondary sexual characteristics |
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| ovaries; promotes the changes that occur in the uterus during the female reproductive cycles |
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