Endocrine Glands
Anterior Pituitary
Posterior Pituitary
Adrenal Medulla
Adrenal Cortex
Thyroid
Parathyroid
Pancreas
Pineal Gland
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
Luteinizing Hormone (LH)
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)
Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
Growth Hormone (GH)
Prolactin (PRL)
Stimulated by Growth hormone-releasing Hormone
Stimulated by TRH
Stimulated by CRH
Stimulated by GnRH
Stimulated by GnRH
Promotes milk production
Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)
Stimulation of water retention
Most Tissue
Thyroid Gland
Adrenal Cortex
Gonads
Gonads
Mammary Glands and other sex accessory organs
Kidneys
Oxytocin only in females
Stimulates contractions
Uterus and mammary glands
Corticosteroids
Mineralocorticoids
Glucocorticoids
Adrenal Androgens
Supplement the sex steroids
Gonads
Regulate Na+ and K+
Adrenal Cortex
Regulate glucose balance
Adrenal Cortex
Epinephrine
Norepinephrine
sympathetic nerve stimulation
metabolic actions
sympathetic nerve stimulation
metabolic actions
Calcitonin
Tetraiodothryonine
Triiodothyronine
Response to hypercalcemia
Parathyroid
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)
calcium concentrations
Bone
Melatonin
Glucagon
Insulin
Tyrosine kinase second messenger system
Liver
liver