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