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    The document discusses several key hormones and their functions: 1. Progesterone maintains the uterine lining and supports pregnancy, while drops in progesterone lead to menstruation. Oestrogen promotes sexual characteristics and stimulates uterine and fat growth. Testosterone supports sperm production and secondary sex characteristics. 2. Adrenaline triggers the fight or flight response by increasing heart rate, respiration, blood coagulation and more. 3. ADH increases water reabsorption in the kidneys. Erythropoietin stimulates red blood cell production while also supporting angiogenesis and iron absorption. Thyroxine increases metabolism and supports growth. Oxytocin triggers milk letdown and uterine contractions during labor.

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    The document discusses several key hormones and their functions: 1. Progesterone maintains the uterine lining and supports pregnancy, while drops in progesterone lead to menstruation. Oestrogen promotes sexual characteristics and stimulates uterine and fat growth. Testosterone supports sperm production and secondary sex characteristics. 2. Adrenaline triggers the fight or flight response by increasing heart rate, respiration, blood coagulation and more. 3. ADH increases water reabsorption in the kidneys. Erythropoietin stimulates red blood cell production while also supporting angiogenesis and iron absorption. Thyroxine increases metabolism and supports growth. Oxytocin triggers milk letdown and uterine contractions during labor.

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    Organ Effects Organ Effects: Heart Lungs

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    The document discusses several key hormones and their functions: 1. Progesterone maintains the uterine lining and supports pregnancy, while drops in progesterone lead to menstruation. Oestrogen promotes sexual characteristics and stimulates uterine and fat growth. Testosterone supports sperm production and secondary sex characteristics. 2. Adrenaline triggers the fight or flight response by increasing heart rate, respiration, blood coagulation and more. 3. ADH increases water reabsorption in the kidneys. Erythropoietin stimulates red blood cell production while also supporting angiogenesis and iron absorption. Thyroxine increases metabolism and supports growth. Oxytocin triggers milk letdown and uterine contractions during labor.

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    Progesterone produced by corpus luteum (in ovaries) to maintain the endometrium lining, preparing for implantation.

    During pregnancy, decrease maternal immune response to accept pregnancy. Drop in progesterone menstruation

    Oestrogen produced by ovaries (follicle cells). Promote 2 sexual characteristics. Stimulate growth and repair of endometrium, increase uterine growth, increase fat store

    Testosterone produced by testes (lydig cells) in men/ ovaries (thecal cells). of women. Required for formation of sperm, secondary sexual characteristics in men, gender formation in embryo stage (2nd trimester), muscle trophism

    Adrenaline produced by adrenal medulla for fight/flight situations. Targets multiple organs
    Organ Heart Lungs Effects Increases heart rate Increases respiratory rate Organ eye Systemi c Systemic Liver Systemic Vasoconstriction or vasodilati on Stimulates glycogenolysis Triggers lipolysis Effects dilate Increase coagulatio n of blood

    Systemi c

    Muscle contraction

    ADH(9 aa peptide with S-bridge)

    Increase permeability of DCT and CD to water

    Erythropoietin(glycoprotein hormone) Produced by kidneys to stimulate the production of RBC in the bone marrow, also role in angiogenesis, induce proliferation of smooth muscle fibers, increase iron absorption by suppressing the hormone hepcidin.

    Thyroxine (tyrosine based hormones, have iodine) Produced by thyroid gland to increase basal metabolic rate, affect protein synthesis, bone growth, development and differentiation of cells in the body.

    Oxytocin (9aa peptide) Produced in hypothalamus, release by PPG Acts on mammary glands to cause mlik let down; uterine contraction during 2nd-3rd stage of labour, affects social distance between opposite sexes, empathy, bonding,

    Cortisol (glucocorticoid) Produced by adrenal cortex. Release in response to stress, increase blood glucose (gluconeogenesis; glycogenesis,), suppress immune system (through decrease B-cell Ab production, prevent release of substances that cause inflammation), fat/protein/carb metabolism, decrease bone formation, increase bp by increasing sensitivity of vessels to EP

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