HMP 501 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Zona Fasciculata, Adrenal Gland, Adrenal Cortex

• School: UNH
• Department: Health Management & Policy
• Course: HMP 501
• Professor: sera ayutur

Document Summary

Ew: acth, gland, anterior pituitary, target organ, adrenal gland, adrenal cortex, action/ function, zona fasciculata. Stimulates adrenal cortex to release corticosteroids: cortisol, corticosterone, and cortisone, adh, gland. Posterior pituitary: target organ, kidneys, tubules, action/ function ix. In both dct and collecting system in the nephrons: increased water conservation by the kidneys, angiotensin, gland xi. Liver: target organ, action/ function xii. xiii. xiv. xv. Promote aldosterone secretion: natriuretic peptides (anp, bnp, cnp, gland xvi. Heart: target organ, action/ function xvii. xviii. xix. xx. xxi. xxii. Decrease blood volume and pressure: calcitonin, gland xxiii. Decrease calcium concentrations in blood: crh (releasing hormone, gland xxvi. Sympathetic activation: alarm phase, erythropoietin (epo, gland xxxii. Increase red blood cell production: estrogen, gland xxxv. Women: stimulate secretion of estrogens, ovarian follicle development, promotes egg development, growth hormone (gh) ee. Increase the rate of lipid metabolism and catabolism: ghrh (releasing hormone) hh.