ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONE

Hormone Definition Tests Results & Disease

High values Low values
Human Growth hormone stimulates growth, cell reproduction, cell Growth Hormone Blood Test Gigantism Dwarfism
regeneration Adenoma Growth hormone def.
Acromegaly
Thyroid-stimulating hormone stimulates secretion of thyroid hormones TSH blood test Hypothyroidism Hyperthyroidism
Hashimoto disease Graves dse
Pituitary gland tumor Toxic nodule
Pregnancy (1st trimester)
Secondary hypothyroidism
FSH Women: control menstrual cycle& FSH blood test Women: Women:
production of eggs Pituitary gland tumor Rapid weight loss
Men: control sperm production Turner syndrome Not ovulating
Premature menopause Pregnancy
Hormone therapy
Men:
Men: Pituitary gland or
Andropause hypothalamus dont produce
Testicle damage normal amounts of some or all
Klinefelter syndrome of its hormones
Pituitary gland tumor
LH Women: regulate menstrual cycle & LH blood test Women: Anorexia nervosa
ovulation Ovaries are removed or not Pituitary gland failure
Men: production of testosterone & functioning Damage to hypothalamus
spermatogenesis Menopause Stress
PCOS Low body weight
Early puberty

Men:
Testicles are removed or not
functioning
Mumps
Cancer
Klinefelter syndrome
Urine test for ovulation
Prolactin Women: milk production Prolactinoma failure of lactation
Idiopathic hyperprolactinoma
Pregnancy
 Cirrhosis
Kidney dse
Hypothyroidism
ACTH stimulates glucocorticoid secretion (cortisol) Stress Cushings syndrome
by adrenal glands Addisons dse Hypopituitarism
Cushings disease
Tumor in the lung
MSH Melanogenesis MSH blood tests Hyperpigmentation Pallor
In the brain: appetite & sexual arousal

POSTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONE

Hormone Definition Tests Results
High values Low values
ADH conserves body water by decreasing urine ADH test SIADH Pituitary gland damage
ouput -brain injury/trauma/tumors Diabetes insipidus
decreases water loss through sweating -stroke Primary polydipsia
raises bp by constricting arterioles -fluid imbalance after surgery
Oxytocin contraction of uterus during childbirth Contraction test Positive = Abnormal
ejection of milk Babys heart rate decelerates &
stays slow after contraction
meaning baby might have
problems during normal labor