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MCAT Hormones
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Answer 32 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Insulin and Glucagon
Follicle - stimulating hormone (FSH)
Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
Hormones that increase blood [glucose]
Regulation of blood [glucose]
2. Anterior Pituitary -> Mammary Gland: milk production
Prolactin
Regulation of blood [glucose]
Regulation of B.P.
Epinephrine
3. Adrenal Medulla -> Kidney: increased Na+ reabsorption to increase blood pressure
Releasing and Inhibiting Factors
Thyroid hormone (TH - thyroxine)
Progesterone
Aldosterone (mineralocorticoid)
4. Thyroid: in the child it is necessary for physical and mental development; in the adult - it increases metabolic rate and temperature
Aldosterone (mineralocorticoid)
Thyroid hormone (TH - thyroxine)
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH - vasopressin)
Sex steroids
5. Anterior Pituitary: increases bone and muscle growth - increases cell turnover rate
Prolactin
Oxytocin
Growth Hormone (GH)
Regulation of [Ca2+]
6. Anterior Pituitary -> Adrenal Gland: increases growth and secretory activity of adrenal cortex
Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF)
Oxytocin
Insulin
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
7. Adrenal Cortex: not normally important - but an adrenal tumor can overproduce these - causing masculinization or feminization.
Hormones that increase blood [glucose]
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Follicle - stimulating hormone (FSH)
Sex steroids
8. Anterior Pituitary -> Ovary/ Testes: ovulation or testosterone synthesis
Regulation of [Ca2+]
Progesterone
Luteinizing hormone
Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
9. Posterior Pituitary -> Breast & Uterus: milk letdown and uteral contractions
Erythropoeitin
Growth Hormone (GH)
Oxytocin
Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
10. Kidney -> Bone Marrow: increases RBC synthesis
Regulation of [Ca2+]
Growth Hormone (GH)
Regulation of B.P.
Erythropoeitin
11. Adrenal Medulla: sympathetic stress response (rapid)
Secreted by the Pancreas
Cortisol (glucocorticoid)
Prolactin
Epinephrine
12. Oxytocin and Prolactin
Milk production and letdown
Secreted by the Pancreas
Aldosterone (mineralocorticoid)
Progesterone
13. Testes: male characteristics; spermatogenesis
Testosterone
Regulation of blood [glucose]
Follicle - stimulating hormone (FSH)
Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
14. Ovaries / Placenta: Female characteristics - endometrial growth
Cortisol (glucocorticoid)
Growth Hormone (GH)
Epinephrine
Estrogen
15. ParaThyroids -> Bone - Kidney - Small Intestine: raises serum [Ca2+]
Prolactin
Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
Regulation of blood [glucose]
Regulation of [Ca2+]
16. Posterior Pituitary -> Kidney: water retention
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH - vasopressin)
Milk production and letdown
Calcitonin
Sex steroids
17. Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) & Aldosterone
Regulation of B.P.
Estrogen
Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF)
18. Thymus: is involved in T- cell development during childhood.
Luteinizing hormone
Follicle - stimulating hormone (FSH)
Thymosin
Thyroid hormone (TH - thyroxine)
19. Thyroid C Cells -> Bone - Kidney - Small Intestine: lowers serum [Ca2+]
Calcitonin
Growth Hormone (GH)
Hormones that increase blood [glucose]
Estrogen
20. Glucagon (alpha) & Insulin (beta) & Somatostatin (sigma)
Thyroid hormone (TH - thyroxine)
Estrogen
Secreted by the Pancreas
Hormones that increase blood [glucose]
21. Parathyroid hormone and Calcitonin
Regulation of [Ca2+]
Insulin
Thyroid - stimulating hormone (TSH)
Regulation of blood [glucose]
22. Anterior Pituitary -> Ovary / Testes: follicle development or spermatogenesis
Somatostatin (SS)
Luteinizing hormone
Insulin
Follicle - stimulating hormone (FSH)
23. BETA Cells of The Islets of Langerhans In The Pancreas: decreases blood [glucose]; increases glycogen and fat storage; it is activated at high blood [glucose] and is absent or ineffective in diabetes melitus
Insulin
Milk production and letdown
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH - vasopressin)
Thyroid - stimulating hormone (TSH)
24. Hypothalamus -> Anterior Pituitary: modifies activities
Releasing and Inhibiting Factors
Thyroid hormone (TH - thyroxine)
Involved in Pregnancy Prepping
Hormones that increase blood [glucose]
25. Oxytocin - Prolactin - Progesterone - Estrogen - LH - FSH
Oxytocin
Erythropoeitin
Involved in Pregnancy Prepping
Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF)
26. Anterior Pituitary -> Thyroid: increases synthesis and release of thyroid hormone (tropic)
Thyroid - stimulating hormone (TSH)
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH - vasopressin)
Thyroid hormone (TH - thyroxine)
Hormones that increase blood [glucose]
27. Ovaries / Placenta: leads to endometrial secretion - pregnancy
Testosterone
Thyroid - stimulating hormone (TSH)
Progesterone
Erythropoeitin
28. SIGMA Cells of The Islets of Langerhans In The Pancreas: inhibits many digestive processes
Cortisol (glucocorticoid)
Somatostatin (SS)
Growth Hormone (GH)
Follicle - stimulating hormone (FSH)
29. Glucagon (polypeptide derivative) - Epinepherine (amino acid derivative) - Cortisol (steroid / glucocorticoid)
Insulin
Milk production and letdown
Sex steroids
Hormones that increase blood [glucose]
30. Heart -> Kidney: increases urination to decrease blood pressure
Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF)
Thymosin
Cortisol (glucocorticoid)
Glucagon
31. Adrenal Cortex: results in a longer - term stress response; increased blood [glucose]; increased protein catabolism; decreased inflammation and immunity; many other
Follicle - stimulating hormone (FSH)
Releasing and Inhibiting Factors
Testosterone
Cortisol (glucocorticoid)
32. ALPHA Cells of The Islets of Langerhans In The Pancreas: secreted at low blood [glucose] and results in an increase in blood [glucose] and decrease in glycogen and fat storage
Glucagon
Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
Insulin
Oxytocin