Gland: Hormone released: Chief functions:

1-Hypothalamus Hypothalamic-releasing Regulates Anterior pituitary hormones

Antidiuretic(ADH) Stimulates water reabsorption

2-Posterior pituitary
• Stimulates uterine contraction
Oxytocin

• Release of milk by mammary glands

Thyroid-stimulates stimulates thyroid

Adrenocorticotropic(ACTH) Simulates adrenal cortex

Egg(ovaries) and sperm(testes)

Gonadotropic(FSH,LH)
3-Anterior pituitary and sex hormone production
Prolactin(PRL) Milk production

Growth(GH) Cell division , protein synthesis, bone growth

Melanocyte-stimulating(MSH) Skin color

Thyroxine (T) Increase metabolic rate, regulate.

4-Thyroide
triiodothyronine (T) growth and development

Calcitonin Lowers blood calcium level

5-parathyroids Parathyroid(PTH)
Raises blood calcium levels

Glucocorticoids (cortisol) Raise blood glucose

6-Adrenal cortex

Mineralocorticoids (aldosterone) reabsorbed sodium

Sex hormones Stimulates reproductive organs ,six

characteristics

7-Adrenal medulla Epinephrine and norepinephrine released in emergency situations, raise

blood glucose level

Insulin Lowers blood glucose ,glycogen formation

8-Pancreas

Glucagon
Raises blood glucose

9-Testes Androgens (testosterone)

Stimulates male sex characteristics

Estrogens, progesterone, small Stimulates female sex characteristics

10-ovaries
amount of testosterone

11-Thymus Thymosins Maturation of T lymphocytes

12-pineal gland

Controls circadian rhythms, possibly

Melatonin

involved in maturation of sexual organs