L2.3.3: Pineal Gland

• PINEAL GLAND

  ● Location: hangs from the roof of the third ventricle of the brain

  ● Hormone produced: MELATONIN
• ○ MELATONIN

  ■ Believed to trigger the body’s sleep/wake cycle

  ■ Believed to coordinate the hormones of fertility in humans and to inhibit the reproductive system until maturity occurs