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