Thyroid
Thyroid makes more of this hormone, but the liver, brain, guts, and kidneys convert it to T3.
What is T4?
These two hormones from the hypothalamus and pituitary glands stimulate the release of cortisol from the adrenal glands.
What are corticotropin releasing hormone (hypothalamus) and adrenocorticotropin hormone (pituitary)
These two hormones work together to stimulate the liver to release insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1).
What are growth hormone releasing hormone and growth hormone?
What is vasopressin (anti-diuretic hormone)?
This is the reason my wife cannot make enough eggs and my testes do not make enough sperm or testosterone.
What is a lack of LH and FSH?
Please pass the levothyroxine. I have this condition.
What is hypothyroidism?
Not only is your face red and round, but that hump on the back of you neck along with your high cortisol levels make me think you have this condition.
What is Cushing's syndrome?
Unlike the rest of you, me and vasopressin do not need the hypothalamus to send out a hormone to stimulate our release from the pituitary. Instead we are made by the hypothalamus and stored in the pituitary.
Who is oxytocin?
Want to lower your levels of gonadotropin releasing hormone? Just have your hypothalamus release more of this hormone.
What is prolactin?
You are the gland I was told to ask about getting some insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin.
Who is the pancreas?
I am the name of the process where high levels of thyroid hormone in the blood causes a decrease in the release of TRH and TSH.
What is negative feedback inhibition?
While RAAS works as a team, this team member specifically tells the adrenal gland to release aldosterone.
What is angiotensin II?
This gland is associated with acomegaly, diabetes insipidus, hyperprolactinemia, and LH deficiency.
What is the pituitary?
What is hyperprolactinemia?
This baby keeps pushing on my cervix causing my pituitary to release oxytocin, which makes the baby push more, which causes more oxytocin to be released which........ you get the picture
What is an example of a positive feedback loop?
What is Grave's disease?
Although cortisol does a lot of things, it doesn't do that.
What is stimulate thyroid hormone release?
This diabetes insipidus condition is because your hypothalamus and/or pituitary glands are damaged.
What is central diabetes insipidus?
What is dopamine?
A sweat gland is an example of one.
What is an exocrine gland?
I have this condition that makes me tired, cold, depressed, and constipated. Also I gained 20 kgs recently.
What is Hashimoto's thyroiditis?
These allow hormones to be quickly released from a gland into the bloodstream.
What are fenestrated capillaries?
These hormones are released by the posterior of the pituitary gland.
What are vasopressin (ADH) and oxytocin?
This is not a prolactin question, but this is the most important function of aldosterone.
What is maintain the body's salt and water balance?
Don't give this to someone with Grave's disease. It will only make the condition worse.
What is levothyroxine?