hormone replacement therapy hormoneeplacement therapy HRT | hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women, believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis |
antidiuretic antidiuretic drug | a drug that limits the formation of urine |
hormone endocrine internal secretion | the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect |
adrenocorticotropic hormone adrenocorticotrophic hormone ACTH adrenocorticotropin adrenocorticotrophin corticotropin corticotrophin | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex |
gastrointestinal hormone GI hormones | hormones that affect gastrointestinal functioning |
gonadotropin gonadotrophin gonadotropic hormone gonadotrophic hormone | hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta, stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity |
parathyroid hormone parathormone | hormone synthesized and released into the blood stream by the parathyroid glands, regulates phosphorus and calcium in the body and functions in neuromuscular excitation and blood clotting |
releasing hormone RH releasing factor hypothalamic releasing hormone hypothalamic releasing factor | any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones, each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone |
somatotropin somatotrophin somatotropic hormone somatotrophic hormone STH human growth hormone growth hormone | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland, promotes growth in humans |
thyroid hormone | any of several closely related compounds that are produced by the thyroid gland and are active metabolically |
vasopressin antidiuretic hormone ADH Pitressin | hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus, affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules |
phytohormone plant hormone growth regulator | (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone |
steroid hormone steroid sex hormone | any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs |
androgen androgenic hormone | male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics |
follicle-stimulating hormone FSH | a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates the cells in male mammals that form sperm |
luteinizing hormone LH interstitial cell-stimulating hormone ICSH | a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary, stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals |
prolactin lactogenic hormone luteotropin | gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary, in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition |
arginine | a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition, its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa |
releasing factor releasing hormone RF | a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland |
melanocyte-stimulating hormone MSH | a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes |
thyrotropin thyrotropic hormone thyrotrophin thyrotrophic hormone thyroid-stimulating hormone TSH | anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland |
thyrotropineleasing hormone TRH thyrotropineleasing factor TRF protirelin | hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary |