Biochem Block 3
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- Proliferation and milk formation.
- prolactin
- Synthesis and secretion of adrenal cortical steroids.
- ACTH
- Synthesis and secretion of thyroxine and triiodothyronine.
- TSH
- Growth of bone and muscle; anabolic effect on Ca++, phosphate, and nitrogen metabolism; metabolism of carbohydrate and lipid; elevation of muscle and cardiac glycogen.
- somatotropin (GH)
- Luteinization; secretion of progesterone in the ovary.
- LH or ICSH
- Development of interstitial tissue; secretion of testosterone.
- LH or ICSH
- Development of follicles; with LH, secretion of estrogen and ovulation.
- FSH
- Development of seminiferous tubules; early stages of spermatogenesis.
- FSH
- Release of lipid from adipose cells.
- alpha- and beta-lipotropins, glucagon, epinephrine/norepinephrine
- Maturation and normal function of male organs, devleopment of male seconary sex characteristics.
- testosterone
- Blood pressure, smooth muscle contraction, lipid metabolism, plately aggregation, excitability.
- prostaglandins
- Maturation and normal cyclic function of female accessory sex organs, development of duct system (mammary glands), development of female secondary sex characteristics.
- estrone, estradiol
- Preparation for ovum implantation, maintenance of pregnancy, development of alveolar system of mammary glands.
- progesterone
- Electrolyte metabolism.
- aldosterone
- Metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids; maintenance of circulatory and vascular homeostasis; inflammation, immunity and resistance to infection.
- corticosterone, cortisol
- Contraction, parturition in uterine smooth muscle.
- oxytocin
- Ejection of milk from mammary gland.
- oxytocin
- Water reabsorption in kidney tubules.
- ADH (vasopressin)
- Lipogenesis in adipose tissue.
- Insulin
- Glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis in the liver.
- glucagon, epinephrine/norepinephrine
- Increase blood pressure in arterioles.
- ADH (vasopressin)
- Inhibition of secretion of insulin, glucagon and somatotropin.
- somatostatin
- Metabolic rate, O2 consumption of tissues and general growth and metabolic activities.
- thyroxine and triiodothyronine
- Bone formation by activation of osteoblasts and inhibition of osteoclasts.
- calcitonin
- Bone degradation by inhibition of osteoblasts and activation of osteoclasts.
- parathormone
- Na+ excretion; blood volume and pressure (kidney, vascular system, adrenal cortex).
- natriuretic factor
- Utilization of carbohydrate; incrase carbohydrate stores, stimulation of fat and protein synthesis.
- insulin