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| Secretes releasing and inhibiting hormones that control anterior pituitary gland • Produces hormones that are transported to and stored in posterior pituitary gland |
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| Synthesizes and secretes: thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), prolactin (PRL), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), growth hormone (GH), luteinizing hormone (LH), melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH), and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) |
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| Secretes oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone (i.e., ADH or vasopressin); these hormones (synthesized by hypothalamic cells) are transported to posterior pituitary for storage (visible as Herring bodies) and eventually released into capillaries • Pituicytes support hypothalamic axons |
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| Follicular cells: synthesize and secrete thyroid hormones T3 (triiodothyronine) and T4 (thyroxine) • Parafollicular cells: synthesize and secrete calcitonin |
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| Produces the female sex hormones progesterone, estrogen, and inhibin |
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| Produces androgens (male sex hormones) such as testosterone |
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| Produces glucocorticoids (e.g., cortisol) that stimulate lipid and protein metabolism, and regulate blood glucose levels |
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| Produces mineralocorticoids, especially aldosterone |
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| Produces sex hormones, chiefly androgens |
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| Produces epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) that work with sympathetic nervous system in "fight-or-flight" responses |
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| Zonula glomerulosa produces mineralocorticoids (e.g., aldosterone) that regulate sodium/potassium ratio in blood and body fluids • Zonula fasciculata produces glucocorticoids (e.g., cortisol) that stimulate lipid and protein metabolism, and regulate blood glucose levels • Zonula reticularis produces steroid sex hormones called gonadocorticoids (e.g., dehydroepiandrosterone or DHEA) |
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| • Secretes hormone glucagon |
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| F cells(PP cells) are pancreatic polypeptide producing cells |
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