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ENDOCRINE SYSTEM (ORGANS (TRUE ENDOCRINE GLANDS (ADRENAL GLAND (ADRENAL…

- - - - HORMONES SECRETED
        
        GROWTH HORMONE
        
        STIMULATES GROWTH OF CELLS AND EPIPHYSEAL PLATE
        
        THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE
        
        ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE
        
        FOUND IN ADRENAL CORTEX
        
        GONADOTROPINS
        
        FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE
        
        LUTEINIZING HORMONE
        
        PROLACTIN
        
        STIMULATES MILK SYNTHESIS
    - - HORMONES SECRETED
        
        MELATONIN
        
        REGULATES THE BODY'S CIRCADIAN RHYTHM
    - - HORMONES SECRETED
        
        THYROID HORMONE
        
        INCREASES METABOLISM RATE
        
        CALCITONIN
        
        DECREASES ACTIVITY OF OSTEOCLASTS IN CHILDREN
    - - HORMONES SECRETED
        
        PARATHYROID HORMONE
        
        REGULATES CALCIUM LEVELS IN BLOOD
    - - ADRENAL CORTEX
        
        ZONA FASCICULATA
        
        SECRETES GLUCOCORTICOIDS THAT DEAL WITH STRESS AND HELP RETAIN NORMAL BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
        
        ZONA GLOMERULOSA
        
        SECRETES MINERALOCORTICOIDS THAT ALLOW KIDNEYS TO REABSORB WATER AND SODIUM
        
        ZONA RETICULARIS
        
        SECRETES GLUCOCORTICOIDS AND ANDROGENS
      - ADRENAL MEDULLA
        
        SECRETES EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE THAT AID IN THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
  - - - VASOPRESSIN (ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE)
        
        CAUSES KIDNEYS TO PRESERVE WATER AND RETURN IT TO THE BLOOD STREAM
      - OXYTOCIN
        
        STIMULATES CONTRACTION OF REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
  - - - ALPHA CELLS
        
        SECRETE GLUCAGON TO INCREASE BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS WHEN THEY ARE LOW
      - BETA CELLS
        
        SECRETE INSULIN TO DECREASE BLOOD GLUCOSE IN THE BLOODSTREAM AND STORE IT AS GLYCOGEN
  - - - SECRETE TESTOSTERONE
    - - SECTRETE ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE