17.7c Interactions Between the Hypothalamus and the Anterior Pituitary Gland

What two categories of hormones does the hypothalamus produce in correlation to the anterior pituitary gland?

• Releasing hormones

• Inhibiting hormones

What is the hormone that stimulates the production of hormones in the anterior pituitary gland?

Releasing hormones

What is the hormone that decreases the production of hormones in the anterior pituitary gland?

Inhibiting hormones

Hormone that stimulates the growth if the thyroid gland and the release of thyroid hormone

Thyroid-stimulating hormone

What is the function of the thyroid-stimulating hormones (TSH)?

Regulates body’s metabolic rate

What is the function of prolactin?

• Regulates mammary gland growth

  • Breast milk production

Collectively, FSH and LSH are called?

Gonadotropins

What is the function of FSH and LSH in the female body?

• Development of oocyte

• Ovulation

• Release of estrogen and progesterone

What is the function of FSH and LSH in the male body?

• Development of sperm

• Release of testosterone

Stimulator of adrenal cortex to release cortisol

Adrenocorticotropic hormone

What is the function of cortisol?

• Increase blood nutrients level (glucose, fatty acids, amino acids)

Growth hormones stimulates the liver to release what kind of hormones?

Insulin-like growth hormones (F1 and F2)

What are tropic hormones?

Target another endocrine gland to secrete hormones

What hormones are not tropic hormones?

• Prolactin

• Growth Hormone

What are the releasing hormones?

• TRH

• PRH

• GnRH

• CRH

• GHRH

What are the inhibiting hormones?

• Prolactin-inhibiting hormone

• Growth hormone-inhibiting hormone

What is another hormone that is produced by the anterior pituitary gland?

Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH)