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