Physiology 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Follicle-Stimulating Hormone, Posterior Pituitary, Anterior Pituitary

• School: Western University
• Department: Physiology
• Course: Physiology 2130
• Professor: Anita Woods

Document Summary

The ability of the body to maintain a relatively constant internal environment: long distance communication, endocrine, local communication, autocrine (cell communicating to itself, paracrine (cell communicating to neighbouring cells) Must have the receptors for the hormone (target cell=cell with a receptor) A hormone can cause different responses in different tissues. A hormone can bind to many different receptors. A chemical signal secreted into the blood to act on a distant tissue. Pituitary gland (all peptide neurohormones: posterior pituitary, oxytocin, antidiuretic hormone (adh) also known as vasopressin, anterior pituitary, luteinizing hormone (lh, follicle stimulating hormone (fsh, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh, adrenocorticotropic hormone (acth, growth hormone (gh, prolactin. Hypothalamus (all peptide neurohormones: gonadotropin releasing hormone (gnrh, thyrotropin releasing hormone (trh, corticotrophin releasing hormone (crh, growth hormone releasing hormone (ghrh, dopamine (inhibitory amine hormone) Thyroid (amine hormones: t3, t4 (thyroxin) Adrenal gland: adrenal cortex (steroid hormones, cortisol, aldosterone, androgens (dhea, medulla (amine hormones, epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine.