Easy Hormones
Anterior Pituitary Gland
Thyroid/Parathyroid Gland
Posterior Pituitary Gland
Random Hormones
100
This hormone found in the thymus gland in the chest, relates to the immune system, and has both a cortex and medulla.
What is thymosin?
100
This part of the brain controls the releasing and inhibiting hormones of the anterior pituitary gland.
What is the hypothalamus?
100
This hormone increases calcium levels in the body, and is found in a gland in the neck.
What is PTH (parathyroid hormone)?
100
This hormone starts the uterus muscle to contract (labor) and controls "letdown" of milk in nursing women.
What is oxytocin?
100
Too much of this hormone, produced in the anterior pituitary gland, causes the condition "acromegaly".
What is growth hormone?
200
Too little growth hormone results in this disorder.
What is dwarfism?
200
This is another name for the anterior pituitary gland.
What is the adenohypophysis?
200
This hormone contains three atoms of iodine.
What is T3 (triiodothyronine)?
200
This hormone helps the body retain water.
What is ADH (antidiuretic hormone)?
200
Too little of this hormone causes depression.
What is serotonin?
300
This hormone released from the pancreas, lowers blood sugar levels.
What is insulin?
300
This hormone causes ovulation, when stimulated.
What is LH (luteinizing hormone)?
300
This hormone prevents hypercalcemia by lowering calcium levels in the body.
What is calcitonin?
300
This phenomenon is demonstrated with oxytocin causing birth, returning the body to homeostasis.
What is a positive feedback loop?
300
These hormones are considered anti-inflammatories.
What are glucocorticoids?
400
This hormone released from the adrenal medulla, affects the "fight or flight" phenomenon from the sympathetic nervous system.
What is epinephrine?
400
This hormone influences hormones released from the adrenal cortex.
What is ACTH?
400
Too low levels of iodine can cause this disorder.
What is a goiter?
400
This disease is caused by hyposecretion of ADH.
What is diabetes insipidus?
400
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What is the thymus gland?
500
This hormone released from the pancreas, raises blood sugar levels.
What is glucagon?
500
This hormone starts growing the egg in the ovary.
What is FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone)?
500
This hormone, T4, targets the body's many cells responsible for metabolism.
What is thyroxine?
500
This gland is adjacent to the posterior pituitary gland in the brain, and produces melatonin to regulate our "biological clock".
What is the pineal gland?
500
This hormone is a mineralocorticoid.
What is aldosterone?
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