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Louis Rodriguez, Period 1, Endocrine System - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Target Organs are kidneys, intestine, and skeleton
      - Secretes parathyroid hormone (PTH); important to homeostasis
    - - Adrenal cortex
      - Adrenal Medulla
    - - Thyroid Hormone (2)
        
        T3 (Triiodothyronine)
        
        T4 (Thyroxine)
      - Maintains blood pressure, regulates tissue growth and increases basal metabolic rate
    - - Secretes melatonin
    - - Anterior Pituitary
        
        Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
        
        Stimulates normal development and secretory activity of thyroid
        
        Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)
        
        releases corticosteroids
        
        Growth Hormone (GH)
        
        Metabolism; indirect growth-promoting actions
        
        Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
        
        Stimulates the production of egg or sperm
        
        Luteinizing Hormone (LH)
        
        Stimulates the production of testosterone and estrogen
        
        Prolactin (PRL)
        
        Stimulates milk production in females
  - - - Secretes glucagon and insulin
    - - Produces same steroid sex hormones as those of adrenal cortex