Name six hormones secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.  Name two hormones secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. Name the pituitary hormone responsible for the following actions:  a. stimulates ovarian follicle to secrete estrogen and egg development  b. causes kidneys to conserve water  c. stimulates cells to increase in size and divide more rapidly  d. essential for egg release from the ovary  e.stim ulates secretion from thyroid gland  f. causes contraction of uterine wall muscles  g. stimulates secretion from adrenal cortex  h. stimulates milk production

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  1. Name six hormones secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. 
  2. Name two hormones secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
  3. Name the pituitary hormone responsible for the following actions: 

a. stimulates ovarian follicle to secrete estrogen and egg development 

b. causes kidneys to conserve water 

c. stimulates cells to increase in size and divide more rapidly 

d. essential for egg release from the ovary 

e.stim ulates secretion from thyroid gland 

f. causes contraction of uterine wall muscles 

g. stimulates secretion from adrenal cortex 

h. stimulates milk production 

4. Name two thyroid hormones that affect metabolic rate. 

5. Name a hormone secreted by the thyroid gland that acts to lower blood calcium. 

6. Name a hormone that acts to raise blood calcium 

7. Name three target organs of parathyroid hormone. 

8. Name two hormones secreted by the adrenal medulla. 

9. List five different effects produced by these medullary hormones. 

10. Name the most important mineralocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. 

11. List three actions of this mineralocorticoid 

12. Name the most important glucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. 

13. List three actions of this glucocorticoid. 

14. Distinguish the hormones secreted by the alpha and beta cells of the islets of Langerhans 

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