When educating a group of students about the pituitary hormones, which should the nurse identify as the function of vasopressin?
A) Stimulates growth and secretion of ovarian follicles
B) Stimulates the uterus to contract
C) Stimulates contraction of blood vessels
D) Stimulates growth in body tissues
C
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Vasopressin or antidiuretic hormone (ADH) stimulates contraction of blood vessels to raise blood pressure, affects the uterus, and influences reabsorption of water by the kidney tubules. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), not vasopressin, stimulates the growth and secretion of ovarian follicles in women and the production of sperm in men. Oxytocin, not vasopressin, stimulates the uterus to contract during delivery and helps to keep it contracted after delivery (to prevent hemorrhage). The growth hormone (GH), not vasopressin, stimulates growth in all body tissues.
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