Hormones

What hormone plays a role in overall body size?

Growth Hormone

What hormone targets breast cells and stimulates/maintains milk production after childbirth?

Prolactin

What hormone in females stimulates egg development in the ovaries?

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone

In ______ FSH stimulates sperm development in the testes

Males

What does the Luteinizing Hormone do for females?

Triggers egg release and hormone production in ovaries

What does the Luteinizing Hormone do for males?

Stimulates testosterone production in the testes

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Lutenizing Hormone are under the broad term of what?

Gonadotropic Hormones

What hormone influences growth and activity of the thyroid gland?

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)

What hormone regulates production in the adrenal cortex?

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)

What hormone stimulates uterine contractions during labor and breast-feeding?

Oxytocin

What hormone causes the kidneys to reabsorb more water during urine formation to maintain proper blood volume?

Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)

What two hormones is the thyroid hormone comprised of?

Thyroxine (T4) and Triiodothyronine (T3)

What does the thyroid hormone control?

The rate at which cells convert glucose into chemical energy

What does the hormone calcitonin do?

Decreases blood calcium levels by causing calcium to be deposited in the bones

What is the most important regulator of blood calcium levels?

Parathyroid Horomone

Aldosterone and Corticosterone are under that category of…

Mineralocorticoids

Cortiosl and Cortisone are under the category of…

Glucocorticoids

Estrogens and Testerone are under the category of…

Androgens

Epinephrine and Norepineohrine are under the category of…

Catecholamines

Somatostatin and Substance P are under the category of…

Peptides

What hormones are involved in the fight or flight response?

Epinephrine and norepinphrine

What hormone causes body cells to take in more glucose?

Insulin

What hormone is the antagonist of insulin?

Glucagon

What does glucagon target?

the liver

What is purpose of glucagon?

Causes conversion of stored glycogen to glucose

What hormone regulates our day-night cycle?

melatonin

_______ levels of melatonin make us more sleepy at night

Higher

What hormone triggers the development of important disease-fighting cells of the immune system called killer T cells

Thymosin

What two hormones establish the menstrual cycle, maintain pregnancy, and prepare breast tissue to produce milk?

Progesterone and Estrogen

What is the primary male sex hormone?

Testosterone

What hormone is secreted by fat cells and suppresses appetite?

Leptin

What hormone is secreted by the stomach and increases appetite?

Ghrelin

Not enough insulin in the body can lead to…

diabetes mellitus

When not enough cortisol is produced it can lead to…

Addison’s Disease

Hyper secretion of cortisol may lead to…

Cushing’s Disease

Hypersecretion of the growth hormone in adults may lead to what?

Enlargement of certain body parts such as hand, feet, forehead, jaw, etc.

Hypersecretion of the growth hormone in children may lead to what?

Excessive growth and height that is very much above average

What causes pituitary dwarfism?

Hyposecretion of growth hormone in children

Hyperthyroidism is caused by what?

Overproduction of T3

Hypothyroidism is caused by what?

Underproduction of T3 and T4