Which hormone is correctly paired with its action? (A) oxytocin—stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth (B) thyroxine—inhibits metabolic processes (C) ACTH—inhibits the release of glucocorticoids by the adrenal cortex (D) melatonin—raises blood calcium level

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Which hormone is correctly paired with its action? (A) oxytocin—stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth (B) thyroxine—inhibits metabolic processes (C) ACTH—inhibits the release of glucocorticoids by the adrenal cortex (D) melatonin—raises blood calcium level

Table listing hormones and their functions in the endocrine system for biology course.

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Hello everyone. And in today's video we have the following problem to match the hormones to their appropriate roles in the table given below and then choose the correct option. The best way to go about this problem really is to understand the abbreviations of each hormones and what they stand for as their actual name will give us clue into their function. So let's just do that. Beginning by hormone number four which is going to be follicle stimulating hormone or FSH looking at function number four, we can say that it states that it stimulates follicular growth and ovulation. Looking at the what FSH stands for, it says that it stands for follicle stimulating hormone So we can see how these two are connected. And so we're going to assign function for two FSH. Moving on we have G. H. Which is going to be growth hormone. Looking at function number three, we can see that it stays that it regulates postnatal growth and metabolism. We can see how these two are connected. So we're going to assign function number three to hormone number three which is growth hormone. Moving on we have A. D. H. A. D. H. Stands for anti diuretic hormone. This word over here, the direct means stimulating the production of urine which if we see the rest of the world which is anti diuretic A. D. H. Is a hormone that prevents the production of urine. Looking at function number one, it states that it regulates the balances and balance is the amount of water in the blood urine comes from here. So we have a hormone that is able to regulate and balance in the amount of water in the blood. It is also able to regulate urine that we are able to output. And so we're going to assign function number one to a th moving on, we have TRH and the only function that is available is function number two. However, let us just go over it. T. R. H. Stands for releasing hormone. Looking at function number two. We can see that it states that it stimulates the anterior pituitary to release TSH or thyroid stimulating hormone, so which is actually correlated with it because TRH is actually the hormone that starts this mechanism where the thyroid is stimulated and the way that it does it is that it stimulates the anterior pituitary to release TSH, which then goes on to do certain actions in the thyroid. And so that is going to be how the order works. Which if we look at our answer choices correlates with answer choice B. And so that is going to be the final answer for a question. I really hope this video helped you

Which hormone is correctly paired with its action? (A) oxytocin—stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth (B) thyroxine—inhibits metabolic processes (C) ACTH—inhibits the release of glucocorticoids by the adrenal cortex (D) melatonin—raises blood calcium level

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Key Concepts

Hormonal Functions

Oxytocin

Endocrine Feedback Mechanisms