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Endocrine Hormones
A&P week 2
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 3
04/18/2008

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Term

Anterior Pituitary

Pars Distalis 

Definition

Gonadotropins (FSH, LH)*

 adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)*

Thyrotropic hormone (TSH)*

growth hormone (GH)

Prolactin (PRL)

 

*tropic

Term

Anterior Pituitary

Pars Intermedia

Definition

melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH)*

 

 

 

 

*tropic

Term

Posterior Pituitary

Pars Nervosa

Definition

Oxytocin

Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)/Vasopressin

Term

Thyroid

Follicular Cells

 

Definition

Thyroid Hormone

 

Term

Thyroid

Parafollicular cells (C-Cells)

Definition
Calcitonin
Term

Parathyroid

Chief Cells

 

Definition
Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
Term

Adrenal Cortex

Zona glomerulosa

Definition
mineralocorticoids (aldosterone)
Term

Adrenal Cortex

Zona fasciculata

Definition
glucocorticoids (cortisol)
Term

Adrenal Cortex

Zona reticularis

Definition
gonadocorticoids/sex hormones (androgen)
Term

Adrenal medulla

Chromaffin Cells

Definition

epinephrine (adrenalin)

norepinephrine (noradrenalin)

Term

pancreas

alpha cells

Definition
glucagon
Term

Pancreas

beta cells

Definition
insulin
Term

Ovary

Follicles

 

Definition

Estrogens

Progesterone

Inhibin

Term

Testes

Cells of Leydig/interstitial cells

Definition
Testosterone
Term

Testes

Sustentacular Cells 

Definition
inhibin
Term
Thymus
Definition
Thymosin
Term
Pineal Body
Definition
Melatonin
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