this hormone stimulates production and dispersion of melanin in the skin as well as fetal steroidogenesis, pheromone secretion, and memory enhancement

What hormone besides MSH can stimulate melanin production?

This 191 aa hormone is produced in the anterior pituitary and promotes growth and provides a ready source of energy during starvation

Somatotropin stimulates the liver to produce ______ which is responsible for the size of dog breeds

What can cause acromegaly and diabetes mellitus in dogs?

proestrus

Theca cells have LH receptors and synthesize what during the follicular phase?

Granulosa cells express FSH receptors and produce ______ during follicular and ______ during luteal phase.

What part of the estrus cycle is associated with the highest levels of progesterone

Leydig cells secrete

Sertoli cells

Secretion of LH and FSH is regulated by what

Sertoli cell function is stimulated by what?

What placental hormone initiates milk synthesis and antagonizes insulin on the maternal side

polypeptide secreted by lactotrophs in anterior pituitary that stimulates lactogenesis in secretory alveolar cells

nanopeptide secreted by hypothalamic neurons and released in the posterior pituitary- triggers milk ejection by stimulating contraction of myoepithelial cells

nanopeptide secreted by the posterior pituitary that inhibits diuresis and controls blood volume, osmolarity and pressure

produce large volumes of dilute urine and exhibit intense thirst

Secretion of a milky fluid from the breasts of males of females from hypothyroidism (increase of TRH->increase of prolactin)

What factors stimulate ADH secretion?

Where is aldosterone produced

Where are cortisol and cortisone produced

Where is androstenedione, testosterone, and estradiol produced

Where are catecholamines produced

Aldosterone secretion is stimulated by what

Renal hypotension and decreased Na+ concentration in distal tubular filtrate secretion of what by juxtaglomerular cells