Pituitary Hormones Word Scramble
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| Hormone | Target(s) | Action | Origin | Responds to |
| TSH | Thyroid | Stimulate Thyroid gland Secretion | ANTERIOR Pituitary | TRH |
| ACTH | Adrenal CORTEX | Stimulate Adrenal CORTEX | ANTERIOR Pituitary | (blank) |
| hGH | Skeleton, Muscles | Increase cell uptake of AA in Muscle & Bone, stimulate Protein synthesis | ANTERIOR Pituitary | GH-RH, LOW Blood Glucose, Exercise, Stress |
| PRL (Prolactin) | Mammary Glands | Causes & Maintains Milk production | ANTERIOR Pituitary | Placenta --> Estrogens & Progesterone - Fetus --> Estrogen |
| FSH | Gonads | produce Eggs/Sperm | ANTERIOR Pituitary | GnRh --> Anterior Pituitary |
| LH/ICSH | Gonads | produce Testosterone / Estrogen & Progesterone | ANTERIOR Pituitary | GnRh --> Anterior Pituitary |
| Oxytocin | Reproductive Smooth Muscle | stimulates CONTRACTION of Reproductive Smooth Muscle: Uterus, Prostate | POSTERIOR Pituitary | APs from Hypothalamus - suckling/uterine stretch |
| ADH | Collecting Ducts of Renal Nephron | promotes H2O Reabsorption in Nephron | POSTERIOR Pituitary | APs from Hypothalamus - Extracellular Osmolarity, Blood Pressure changes |
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