HORMONES Hormones are a class of regulatory biochemicals produced in all multicellular organisms by glands‚ and transported by the circulatory system to a distant target organ to coordinate its physiology and behavior. They serve as a major form of communication between different organs and tissues. Hormones regulate a variety of physiological and behavioral activities‚ including digestion‚ metabolism‚ respiration‚ tissue function‚ sensory perception‚ sleep‚excretion‚ lactation‚ stress‚ growth and
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Oxytocin Oxytocin is a peptide hormone. It is produced by secreted from the posterior pituitary and synthesized in neurones paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus. The functions are contraction of uterine smooth muscle during labor. Contraction of myoepithelial cells around breast ducts and alveoli to stimulate milk flow and it is queried as to whether oxytocin release actually causes the onset of labor. Oxytocin primarily affects uterine smooth muscle - increasing both the
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PITUITARY HORMONES Prof. Francis R. Capule Department of Pharmacy U.P. College of Pharmacy Hypothalamic-Pituitary Endocrine System ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONE Pharmacological Applications • replacement therapy for deficiency states • antagonists for diseases that result from excess production of pituitary hormones • diagnostic tools for identifying several endocrine abnormalities HORMONE Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) Growth hormone-releasing
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Hormones Every living organism on Earth has some sort of organ system. For example‚ humans have their endocrine system. The endocrine system is a group of organs that release different biological substances called hormones. There are vast amounts of hormones‚ which means there are multiple uses that are necessary for survival. Hormones have multiple roles in the human body. For example‚ they assure that growth‚ development and maturation occurs properly and on time. Also hormones‚ help control
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3‚ the stimulus during childbirth is the release of oxytocin and the response is the increase in contractions. The cycle ends when the baby is born. 15) The hormone that is released from the hypothalamus is oxytocin. The hormone increases the intensity of the contractions. 16) When the intensity of the contractions increase‚ the stimulus will increase because an increase in contractions equals an increase in pain for the mother. Oxytocin is a natural painkiller that aids a women during childbirth
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Hormones and Behaviors Sarah Wegner BEH/225 December 12‚ 2014 Nancy Ault Hormones and Behaviors The endocrine system plays a big part in the production and distribution of hormones into the body. These hormones can affect an individual’s behavior greatly. Hormones such as estrogen affect a woman’s moods and emotions; steroid hormones cross the bloodstream directly to the brain and affect the neurons directly. This action can cause changes in behavior for both men and women. The endocrine system acts
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Touch receptors called Meissner’s corpuscles are found in the papillary region of the dermis of the skin. When nothing is touching the skin‚ a voltage difference known as the (1) ___________ _____________ _____________ exists across the plasma membrane. Leakage channels‚ also called passive channels‚ allow the movement of potassium (and sodium) across the membrane. Due to the electrochemical gradient‚ (2) ___________________ (ion) diffuses out of the cell. Because of this and because proteins that
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1. pituitary gland (hypophysis): produces 8 major hormones a. two lobes 1. anterior lobe (adenohypophysis): glandular tissue 2. posterior lobe (neurohypophysis): nervous tissue and is a direct extension of the hypothalamus b. connected to hypothalamus via the infundibulum 2. pituitary-hypothalamus relationships a. vascular connection between the anterior lobe and the hypothalamus b. the hypo. makes releasing/inhibitory hormones (RH/IH) that enter BV to anterior lobe and controls
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Hormones and the Endocrine System 26.1 Chemical and electrical signals coordinate body functions The Endocrine System is a group of interacting glands and tissues throughout the animal body that produce and secrete chemical to initiate and maintain body functions and activities. Chemical Signals -Hormones - are released into the bloodstream by endocrine cells and carried to all locations in the body Consists of all hormone secreting cells Works with the nervous system in regulating body activities
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endocrine system secretes hormones through the blood this takes a varying amount of time to take effect. Hormones carry messages. Certain hormones can affect aspects of the human body at different times. One such time is during puberty. This is the time in an individual’s life that the body changes. Hormones activate behaviors such as aggressiveness and sleepiness (Morris‚Maisto‚ 2005). Mood‚ emotional reactivity‚ learning‚ and resistance to diseases are also attributed to hormones. The thyroid gland
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