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The endocrine system
Group 3
Term | Definition |
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Promotes breast enlargement (2) | estrogen, progestérone |
Promotes rapid bone growth (3) | Estrogens, Somatotropin, testosterone |
Stimulates testicular decent | Testosterone |
Causes milk ejection from breast | Oxytocin |
Promotes maturation of spermatozoa | FSH |
Causes constriction of arterioles | ADH |
Stimulates production of thryroixine | Thyrotropin |
stimulates glucocortiod production | ACTH |
Inhibits prolactin production | PIF |
Causes thickening and vascularization of endometrium | Progesterone |
Causes interstitial cells to produce testosterone | LH |
Causes myometrium contraction during childbirth | Oxytocin |
Promotes milk production after child birth | none of these |
Promotes stratification of vaginal epithelium | Estrogens |
Suppresses development of female genitalia in male | Testosterone |
Prepares the endometrium for egg cell implantation (2) | estrogens, Progesterone |
Promotes growth of all cells in the body (2) | Somatotropin, thyrorpin |