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Pituitary gland
- Master glands means act as boss
- Anterior - at the front of
- Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
- Thyroid gland
- Regulation of metabolism, breakdown of fat, control of water content
- Regulation of metabolism, breakdown of fat, control of water content
- Thyroid gland
- Somatrophic Hormone (growth)
- Long bones and muscles of the body
- Increases rate of growth and maintains size in adulthood.
Over-secretion in children can cause gigantism,
under-secretion can cause dwarfism
- Increases rate of growth and maintains size in adulthood.
Over-secretion in children can cause gigantism,
under-secretion can cause dwarfism
- Long bones and muscles of the body
- Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone (ACTH)
- Adrenal cortex
- This stimulates and controls the growth and hormonal output
of the adrenal cortex
- This stimulates and controls the growth and hormonal output
of the adrenal cortex
- Adrenal cortex
- Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
- Sexual Organs
- Controls maturation of ovarian follicles in females and sperm production in males
- Controls maturation of ovarian follicles in females and sperm production in males
- Sexual Organs
- Gonadotrophic Hormones
- Sexual Organs
- These control the development and growth of the ovaries and testes
- These control the development and growth of the ovaries and testes
- Sexual Organs
- Luteinising Hormone (LH)
- Sexual organs
- In women this helps prepare the uterus for the fertilised
ovum and prepares breasts for lactation in pregnancy.
In men it acts on the testes to produce testosterone
- In women this helps prepare the uterus for the fertilised
ovum and prepares breasts for lactation in pregnancy.
In men it acts on the testes to produce testosterone
- Sexual organs
- Prolactin
- The breasts
- This stimulates the production of the milk from the breasts following birth
- This stimulates the production of the milk from the breasts following birth
- The breasts
- Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone (MSH)
- The skin
- This stimulates the production of melanin in the basal cell layer of the skin
- This stimulates the production of melanin in the basal cell layer of the skin
- The skin
- Posterior - behind or lower
- Oxytocin
- Pregnant uterus, breasts
- Contraction of smooth muscle, stimulates the uterus during childbirth and
stimulates the breasts to produce milk
- Contraction of smooth muscle, stimulates the uterus during childbirth and
stimulates the breasts to produce milk
- Pregnant uterus, breasts
- Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH) or vasopressin
- Kidneys
- Increase in absorption of water so less urine is
excreted. Under-secretion can cause diabetes
insipidus, which is characterised by excess
excretion of dilute urine
- Increase in absorption of water so less urine is
excreted. Under-secretion can cause diabetes
insipidus, which is characterised by excess
excretion of dilute urine
- Kidneys
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