Pituitary
This hormone is responsible for making you taller
What is growth hormone?
This hormone is produced by the testes.
What is testosterone?
This type of feedback loop does not allow for homeostasis; you are moving away from "normal"
What is a positive feedback loop?
This occurs when the production of hormone elicits a response in the opposite direction to return to homeostasis
What is negative feedback?
This hormone, produced by the pancreas, reduces blood sugar.
What is insulin?
This hormone stimulates and sustains milk production after birth.
What is prolactin?
This hormone triggers ovulation
What is LH?
This type of signal works on nearby cells.
What is paracrine?
This hormone stimulates the liver to break down glycogen (and some non carbs) into glucose, raising blood sugar level.
What is glucagon?
This hormone reduces blood calcium levels.
What is calcitonin?
This hormone decreases urine formation by reducing the volume of water the kidneys excrete.
What is ADH?
Ovaries produce these 2 hormones.
What are progesterone and estrogen?
These types of hormones can diffuse directly through the membrane.
This gland produces melatonin.
What is the pineal gland?
This hormone raises calcium levels.
What is parathyroid hormone?
This hormone contracts smooth muscle in uterine walls and stimulates uterine contractions.
What is oxytocin?
This hormone allows for growth of ovarian follicle before ovulation
What is FSH?
This hormone is released during pregnancy and it allows the pelvic ligaments and pubic symphysis to relax.
What is relaxin?
This organ secretes erythropoietin which stimulates RBC production.
What is the kidney?
This hormone causes kidney to conserve sodium ions and excrete potassium ions when blood levels are low.
What is aldosterone?
This hormone controls the manufacture and secretion of hormones from the cortex of the adrenal gland.
What is ACTH?
This hormone is produced first by the embryo and then by the fetal side of the placenta. It is what is measured by pregnancy tests.
What is hCG?
This hormone, produced by the thymus, affects the production and differentiation of white blood cells.
What is thymosin?
This part of the adrenal gland is associated with the sympathetic division of the nervous system (fight or flight)
What is the medulla?
These are produced in small amounts and are lipids made in cell membranes (made in places like the liver, kidneys, heart. lungs, reproductive organs, etc)