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The endocrine system
Group 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |