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What is the source of the growth hormone?
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Adenohyphoysis or The anterior putitiary gland
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What is the target of the growth hormone?
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The Skeletal System, or the Bones
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What is the function of the growth hormone?
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Its stimulates bone growth and glucose uptake in target cells, it also increases the use of fat as fuel
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What is the source of Prolactin?
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Adenohypophysis or anterior putiatry
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Target of Prolactin?
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Breast Tissue and Milk Glands
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What four other hormones are from the adenhypophysis or the anterior putiary?
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Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Lutenizing Hormone(LH), Adrenocortiophic Hormone (ACTH), Thyroid Stiumlating Hormone(TSH)
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What are the targets of the FSH and the LH
Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Lutenizing Hormone(LH),
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Ovaries and Testies
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What is the target of the ACTH
Adrenocortiophic Hormone (ACTH),
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Adrenal cortex
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What is the target of the TSH
Thyroid Stiumlating Hormone(TSH)
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Thyroid
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What is secreted by the neurohypohysis?
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Oxytocin
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What is secreted by the hypothalmus via the neurohypohysis?
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Antidiueretic hormone (ADH)
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Name this hormone: Reduces water loss from the body by reducing urine volume, at elevated levels this hormone can cause BV constriction
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Antidiuertic Hormone (ADH)
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What is the target of the ADH
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Kidneys
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Name this hormone: regulates secretion of thyroxine and triiodothyrine by the thyroid gland
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Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
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What is the target of oxytocin?
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Uterus
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