GROWTH HORMONE
ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND
STIMULATES THE GROWTH OF ALL TISSUES AND ORGANS, ESPECIALLY BONE, CARTILAGE, AND SKELETAL MUSCLES: STIMULATES THE TRANSPORT OF AMINO ACIDS INTO CELLS AND THE SYNTHESIS OF GLUCOSE DURING PERIODS OF STRESS
PROLACTIN
ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND
STIMULATES THE BREAST TO DEVELOP; MAINTAINS MILK PRODUCTION AFTER BIRTH; ALSO CALLED LACTOGENIC HORMONE
THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH)
ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND
STIMULATES THE THYROID GLAND TO PRODUCE THYROID HORMONES
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH)
STIMULATES THE ADRENAL CORTEX TO SECRETE STEROIDS, ESPECIALLY CORTISOL
ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND
FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH)
GONADOTROPIC HORMONE
STIMULATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF OVA AND SPERM
LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH)
CAUSES OVULATION IN WOMEN; STIMULATES SECRETION OF PROGESTERONE IN WOMEN AND TESTOSTERONE IN MEN
ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE (ADH)
POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND
STIMULATES WATER REABSORPTION BY THE KIDNEYS; ALSO CONSTRICTS BLOOD VESSELS
OXYTOCIN
POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND
CONTRACTS UTERINE MUSCLE DURING LABOR; RELEASES MILK FROM THE MAMMARY GLANDS DURING BREASTFEEDING (MILK LETDOWN REFLEX)
THYROID HORMONES
T3 AND T4
SECRETED BY THE THYROID GLAND; CONTROL METABOLIC RATE AND REGULATE PHYSICAL AND NEUROLOGIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
CALCITONIN
SECRETED BY THE THYROID GLAND; REGULATES CALCIUM AND PHOSPHATE (DECREASES PLASMA LEVELS OF CALCIUM AND PHOSPHATE)
THYROID GLAND
PARATHYROID HORMONE (PTH)
SECRETED BY THE PARATHYROID GLANDS; REGULATES CALCIUM AND PHOSPHATE (INCREASES PLASMA CALCIUM; EXERTS A PHOSPHATURIC EFFECT)
CATECHOLAMINES E
EPINEPHRINE *****
NOREPINEPHRINE
SECRETED BY THE ADRENAL MEDULLA
STIMULATE THE "FIGHT OR FLIGHT' RESPONSE;
**** INCREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE
HORMONES OF ADRENAL GLAND
STEROIDS
SECRETED BY ADRENAL CORTEX
HORMONES OF ADRENAL GLAND
CORTISOL
STEROID
GLUCOCORTICOID THAT HELPS REGULATE GLUCOSE, FAT, AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; IS PART OF THE STRESS RESPONSE
INCREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE
HORMONES OF ADRENAL GLAND
ALDOSTERONE
HORMONES OF ADRENAL GLAND
MINERAL CORTICOID THAT CAUSES THE KIDNEYS TO REABSORB SODIUM AND WATER AND EXCRETE POTASSIUM; HELPS REGULATE EXTRACELLULAR FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES (ESPECIALLY NA+ AND K+)
SEX HORMONES
HORMONES OF ADRENAL GLAND
THE ANDROGENS (ESPECIALLY TESTOSTERONE) HELP DEVELOP THE SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS IN THE FEMALE AND MALE
INSULIN
SECRETED BY BETA CELLS OF THE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; HELPS REGULATE THE METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS, AND FATS; LOWERS BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
HORMONES OF PANCREAS
GLUCAGON
SECRETED BY THE ALPHA CELLS OF THE ISLET OF LANGERHANS; INCREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
HORMONES OF ADRENAL GLAND
ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE
SECRETED BY OVARIES; STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OVA AND DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS IN THE FEMALE. PROMOTE CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR PREGNANCY
TESTOSTERONE
SECRETED PRIMARILY BY THE TESTES; CHIEF MALE ANDROGEN; STIMULATES DEVELOPMENT OF SPERM AND SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS IN THE MALE
THYMOSINS
STIMULATES MATURATION OF THE T LYMPHOCYTES; SECRETED BY THE THYMUS GLAND
MELATONIN
SECRETED BY THE PINEAL GLAND; HELPS SET THE BIORYTHMS AND PARTICIPATES IN THE SLEEP-WAKE CYCLE