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Function of Hormone
glands secrete hormones and study what they do!
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Anatomy
11th Grade
02/17/2010

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Adrenal sex hormones
Definition
produce male sex hormones that can be converted into female sex hormones
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Adrenocorticotropic
Definition
Controls secretion from the outer layer of the Adrenal Gland
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Aldosterone
Definition
regulates sodium/potassium balance
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Antidiuretic
Definition
Decreases urine production to regulate water concentration in body fluids
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Calcitonin
Definition
Regulates calcium and phosphate ion concentration in blood
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Cortisol
Definition
Regulates glucose metabolism
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Epinephrine
Definition
Adrenalin that invreases heart rate, bloodflow to skeletal muscles, breathing rate, blood glucose
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Follicle-Stimulating
Definition
Stimulates the Gonads
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Glucagon
Definition
Stimulates the liver to break down Glycogen and certain noncarbs into glucose
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Growth Hormone
Definition
Stimulates cells to increase in size and more rapidly divide cells
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Insulin
Definition
stimulates the liver to break down glycogen from glucose and inhibits the conversion of noncarbs into glucose
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Lutinizing
Definition
Stimulates the Gonads
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Melatonin
Definition
Hormone released in response to light conditions outside the body to regulate Ciradian Rhythms
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Norepinephrine
Definition
same as epinephrine
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Oxytocin
Definition
Contracts muscles in the uterine wall during child birth and muscles involved in milk secretion
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Parathyroid hormone
Definition
increases blood calcium concentration and decreases blood phosphate ion concentration
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Prolactin
Definition
Stimulates milk production in a woman
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Thyroid-Stimulating
Definition
Controls thyroid secretion
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Thyroxine
Definition
regulates the metabolism of carbs,lipids, and proteins
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Triiodothyronine
Definition
more potent hormone that also regulates the metabolism of carbs, lipids, and proteins
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