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ENDOCRINE AND HORMONES

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GROWTH HORMONE RH   SECRETED BY: HYPOTHALAMUS. TARGET: ANTERIOR PITUITARY. ACTION: RELEASE GROWTH HORMONE  
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GONADOTROPIN RH   SECRETED BY: HYPOTHALAMUS. TARGET: ANTERIOR PITUITARY. ACTION: RELEASE LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH) RELEASE FOLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH)  
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CORTICOTROPIN RH   SECRETED BY: HYPOTHALAMUS. TARGET: ANTERIOR PITUITARY. ACTION: RELEASE ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH)  
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THYROTOPIN RH   SECRETED BY: HYPOTHALAMUS. TARGET: ANTERIOR PITUITARY. ACTION: RELEASE THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH)  
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DOPAMINE   PRODUCED IN : VARIOUS AREAS OF THE BRAIN. TARGET: ANTERIOR PITUITARY. ACTION: RELEASE PROLACTIN  
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ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE (ADH)   SECRETED BY: HYPOTHALAMUS. TARGET: POSTERIOR PITUITARY. ACTION: INFLUENCE KIDNEYS TO REABSORB WATER —STORED IN THE POSTERIOR PITUITARY UNTIL NEEDED  
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OXYTOCIN   SECRETED BY: HYPOTHALAMUS. TARGET: POSTERIOR PITUITARY. ACTION: STIMULATE UTERINE CONTRACTIONS & SOCIAL BONDING. STORED IN THE POSTERIOR PITUITARY UNTIL IT IS NEEDED. NOTE: EXAMPLE OF POSITIVE FEED BACK LOOP  
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GROWTH HORMONE GH   SECRETED BY: ANTERIOR PITUITARY. TARGET: NEARLY ALL BODY CELLS. ACTION: STIMULATE GROWTH & CELL REGENERATION  
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THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE   SECRETED BY: ANTERIOR PITUITARY. TARGET: THYROID GLAND. ACTION: STIMULATE RELEASE OF TRIIODOTHYRONINE (T3) & THYROXINE (T4)  
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ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH)   SECRETED BY: ANTERIOR PITUITARY. TARGET: ADRENAL GLAND. ACTION: STIMULATE HORMONE RELEASE BY ADRENAL CORTEX  
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FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH)   SECRETED BY: ANTERIOR PITUITARY. TARGET: GONADS. ACTION: STIMULATES GAMETE PRODUCTION. TESTES: PRODUCE SPERM. OVARIES: MATURES EGGS  
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LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH)   SECRETED BY: ANTERIOR PITUITARY. TARGET: GONADS. ACTION: STIMULATES ANDROGEN PRODUCTION. TESTES: TESTOSTERONE. OVARIES: ESTROGEN, PROGESTERONE & TRIGGERS OVULATION  
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PROLACTIN (PRL)   SECRETED BY: ANTERIOR PITUITARY. TARGET: MAMMARY GLANDS. ACTION: PROMOTE MILK PRODUCTION  
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MELATONIN   SECRETED BY: PINEAL GLAND. TARGET: NA ACTION: REGULATES SLEEP/WAKE CYCLE  
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TRIIODOTHYRONINE (T3) and THYROXING (T4)   SECRETED BY: THYROID GLAND. TARGET: ALL CELLS IN THE BODY. ACTION: INCREASE METABOLISM THYROID HORMONE NEEDS IODINE TO BE FUNCTIONAL AND TO BE RECOGNIZED BY BODY CELLS  
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CALCITONIN   SECRETED BY: THYROID GLAND. TARGET: BLOOD AND BODY CELLS. ACTION: REGULATE BLOOD CALCIUM LEVELS, BY DECREASING OSTEOCLAST ACTIVITY & STIMULATING CALCIUM INTO BONE TISSUE MATRIX  
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PARATHYROID HORMONE (PTH)   SECRETED BY: PARATHYROID GLAND. TARGET: KIDNEYS, BONES, INTESTINES. ACTION: REGULATE BLOOD CALCIUM LEVELS INCREASE OSTEOCLAST ACTIVITY, INCREASE REABSORBTION OF CALCIUM IN KIDNEYS & INCREASE PRODUCTION OF VITAMIN D = INCREASE CALCIUM IN INTESTINE  
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INSULIN   SECRETED BY: PANCREAS. TARGET: MUSCLE CELLS. ACTION: LOWER BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS  
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GLUCAGON   SECRETED BY: PANCREAS. TARGET: LIVER. ACTION: RAISE BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS  
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MINERALOCORTICOIDS   SECRETED BY: ADRENAL CORTEX. (ZONA GLOMERULOSE) TARGET: NA ACTION: REGULATING ELECTROLYTES. example Aldosterone. target: kidneys. action: increase BV & BP  
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GLUCOCORTICOIDS   SECRETED BY: ADRENAL CORTEX. ( ZONA FASCICULATE) TARGET: NA ACTION: INFLUENCE METABOLISM OF ENERGY. example : Cortisol. target: body cells. action: formation of glucose  
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CATECHOLAMINES   SECRETED BY: ADRENAL MEDULA. TARGET: HEART, SMOOTH MUSCLE, GLANDS. ACTION: FIGHT OR FLIGHT example: epinephrine/ adrenaline and norepinephrine/ noradrenaline  
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TESTOSTERONE   SECRETED BY: PRIMARILY TESTES. TARGET: SEX ORGANS. ACTION: STIMULATES DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY CHARACTERISTICS AND SPERM PRODUCTION  
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ESTROGEN & PROGESTERONE   SECRETED BY: PRIMARILY OVARIES. TARGET: SEX ORGANS. ACTION: STIMULATES DEVELOPMENT OF FEMALE SECONDARY CHARACTERISTICS AND PREPARATION FOR CHILDBIRTH  
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