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| helps nervous system coordinate/integrate body activity by releasing hormones (steroids, peptides and amino acids) into the circulation system |
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| attached to hypothalamus through the infundibulum (stalk); has two functional lobes |
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| anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis) |
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| releases hormones to the body through the hypophyseal portal system (a set of capillary beds and the hypophyseal portal veins); |
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| includes follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone |
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| follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) |
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| gonadotropin regulating gonad gamete production/hormone activity |
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| gonadotropin regulating gonad gamete production/hormone activity |
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| adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) |
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| regulates adrenal cortex activity |
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| thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) |
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| regulates activity of thyroid gland |
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regulates body/muscle/bone growth
too little GH causes dwarfism
too much GH causes gigantism |
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| regulates breast development/lactation in females |
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| posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis) |
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| releases oxytocin and antidiruetic hormone |
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| stimulates uterine contractions (birth and coitus) and milk ejection in lactation |
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| Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) |
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| stimulates kidney collecting tubules to reabsorb water from urinary filtrate and increase blood pressure via vasoconstriction of arterioles (too little ADH causes diabetes insipidus) |
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