​​Hormones and the Endocrine System 

ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE

________: makes collecting tubules of the kidney more permeable to water, releasing water retention.

Target

________: distal tubule and collecting duct.

ANTERIOR PITUITARY

________: consists of endocrine cells that synthesize and secrete several hormones.

TROPIC HORMONES

________: ones that affect other endocrine glands.

HORMONES

________: chemical signals that cause a response n target cells.

OXYTOCIN

________: causes the contraction of the uterine muscles.

POSTERIOR PITUITARY

HYPOTHALAMUS: receives information from the nerves throughout the body and from other parts of the brain and then initiates endocrine signals in response. ________: extension of the hypothalamus that stores and releases these two hormones.

Endocrine

________ glands respond to diverse stimuli in regulating homeostasis, development, and behavior.

NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP

________: when the response reduces the initial stimulus.