Young female athletes often experience delayed puberty. What would you expect to find if you compare the blood hormone levels of a 14 year-old gymnast with those of less athletic girls of the same age?

The conditions of gigantism and pituitary dwarfism are extreme opposite conditions of adult height. What is the effect of growth hormone on each condition?

The hypothalamus releases which travels through the portal system to the anterior pituitary, which stimulates the release of A somatostatin: somatocrinin B somatocrinin somatotropin C somatomedin: somatocrinin D somatotropin: somatostatin

Name the pituitary hormone responsible for the following action: stimulates ovarian follicle to secrete estrogen and egg development

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Describe the close relationship between the human nervous and endocrine systems. Explain in detail the two main ways the hypothalamus controls the pituitary gland. Then explain how the pituitary gland exerts control over many other endocrine glands.

Know which hormone is released by the hypothalamus and which is released by the anterior pituitary. Know whether the hypothalamic hormone is a releasing or inhibiting hormone. What are the targets in the body of the anterior pituitary hormones and what do those targets secrete? What is the final target and response? Make sure you know both the abbreviations and the full names of the hormones.  Dopamine, prolactin Somatostatin, GHRH, GH, insulin-like growth factors TRH, TSH, thyroid hormone CRH, ACTH, and cortisol  GnRH, FSH, LH, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone