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Source and hormone
source secreting hormone
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
01/20/2014

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Term

Hypothalamus

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Definition

Releasing and inhibiting hormones

Corticotropin- releasing hormone (CRH)

 Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)

 Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH)

 Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)

Somatostin

 

Term

Anterior Pituitary 

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Definition

Growth Hormone (GH)

 Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

 Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)

 Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)

 Luteinizing hormone (LH)

Prolactin (PRL)

Term

Posterior pituitary

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Definition

 Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

 Oxytocin

Term

Adrenal cortex

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Definition

Mineralocorticosteroids, mainly aldosterone

 Glucocorticoids, mainly cortisol

Adrenal androgens

Term

Adrenal Medulla

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Definition

Epinephrine 

 Norepinephrine

Term
Thyroid
Definition

Thyroid hormones:

 Triiodothyronine (T3)

Thyroxine (T4)

Term
Thyroid C cells
Definition
Calcitonin
Term

Parathyroid glands

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Definition
Parathormone (PTH, parathyroid hormone)
Term

Pancreatic Islet Cells

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Definition

Insulin

 Glucagon

Term
Kidney
Definition

 1,25-Dihydroxyvitimin D

 Renin

 Eythropoietin

 

 

Term
Ovaries
Definition

Estrogen

 Progesterone

Term
Testes
Definition
Androgens, mainly testosterones
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