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Stimulus (sensory input from the environment), produces hypothalmic…
Stimulus (sensory input from the environment)
Central Nervous System
Hypothalamus
Posterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Vasopressin (antidiuretic hormone)
regulates body fluid composition
arterioles
Oxytocin
contracts the uterus and milk ducts
smooth muscles, mammary glands
Anterior lobe of pituitary gland
Corticotropin (Adrenocorticotropic hormone)
Adrenal cortext
cortisol, corticosterone, aldosterone
many tissues
enable the body to cope with a serious threat
Prolactin
Mammary glands
stimulates milk production
Thyrotropin (thyroid-stimulating hormone)
Thyroid gland
thyroxine and tri iodine-thyroxine
muscles, liver
regulate metabolism
Sex hormones
Follicle-stimulating hormone
Ovaries
progesterone, estradiol
reproductive system
control sex cell development
Luteinizing hormone
Testes
testosterone
reproductive system
Somatotropin (growth hormone)
Liver, bone
stimulates cell division, protein synthesis, and growth in all cells
Adrenal medulla
epinephrine
liver, muscles, heart
produces hypothalmic hormones in neurosecretory cells
release of anterior pituitary hormones