Endocrine Glands, Hormones

Anterior Pituitary Gland
1. Growth Hormone
  1. Targets most tissues
2. Thyroid-stimulating hormone(TSH)
  1. Targets Thyroid Gland
3. Adrenocorticotropic Hormone(ACTH)
  1. Targets Adrenal Cortex
4. Melanocyte-stimulating hormone(MSH)
  1. Targets Melanocytes in skin
5. Luteinizing hormone(LH) or interstitial cell-stimulating hormone (ISCH)
  1. Targets Ovary in females, testis in males
6. Follicle-stimulating hormone(FSH)
  1. Targets Follicles in ovary in females, seminiferous tubules in males
7. Prolactin
  1. Targets Ovary and mammary gland in females, testis in males
Posterior Pituitary Gland
1. Antidiuretic hormone(ADH)
  1. Targets Kidney
2. Oxytocin
  1. Targets Uterus and mammary Gland
Thyroid Gland
1. Thyroid hormones(thyroxine, triiodothyronine)
  1. Targets most cells of the body
2. Calcitonin
  1. Targets primarily bone
Parathyroid Gland
1. Parathyroid hormone
  1. Targets bone, kidney
Adrenal medulla
1. Epinephrine mostly, some norepinephrine
  1. Targets heart, blood vessels, liver, fat cells
Adrenal cortex
1. Mineralocorticoids(aldosterone)
  1. Targets kidneys, intestine and sweat glands
2. Glucocorticoids(cortisol)
  1. Targets most tissues(liver, fat, skeletal muscle, immune tissues)
3. Adrenal androgens
  1. Targets most tissues
Pancreas
1. Insulin
  1. Targets liver, skeletal muscle, adipose tissue
2. Glucagon
  1. Targets primarily liver
Testes
1. Testosterone
  1. Targets most tissues
Ovaries
1. Estrogens, progesterone
  1. Targets most tissues
Uterus, ovaries, inflamed tissues
1. Prostaglandins
  1. Targets most tissues
Thymus
1. Thymosin
  1. Targets Immune tissues
Pineal Gland
1. Melatonin
  1. Targets among others, hypothalamus

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