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