2. For each of the following hormones, please state when they would be stimulate

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Question

2. For each of the following hormones, please state when they would be stimulated and when they would be inhibited.

a. Growth hormone

b. Thyroid-stimulating hormone

c. Thyroxine & triiodothyronine

d. Calcitonin

e. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

f. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)

g. Luteinizing hormone (LH)

h. Prolactin

i. Oxytocin

j. Parathyroid hormone (PTH)

k. Thymosin

l. Aldosterone

m. Cortisol

n. epinephrine/norepinephrine

o. Insulin

p. Glucagon

q. Progesterone

r. Estrogen

s. Testosterone

Explanation / Answer

A.Growth hormone:

Hypoglycemia

Exercise

Fasting, stress, sleep

Hormones like estrogen, glucagon, vasopressin

Hyperglycemia

Free fatty acids

Hormones like progesterone and cortisone

High levels of growth hormone

B.Thyroid stimulating hormone:-

When there is low T3 and T4 conditions TSH will be secreted.

If high T3 and T4 was there which inhitits the TSH.

C.Thyroid and triiodothyronine:-

Stimulated to secrets when there is hypercalcemia. It makes the calcium to deposit into bones.

Inhition of T3 and T4 will be occurs hypocalcemia.

Calcitonin:-

It is stimulated when there is hypocalcemia, as it is having a role in calcium maintenance.

It will be inhibited when serum calcium more than 2hours

Growth hormone secretion Growth hormone inhibition