Hormones produced by pituitary gland

• ADH


  Affects the amount of urine produced by the kidneys
• Growth hormone


  Controls the rate of growth in children
• Hormones


  Chemical substances released by glands in the body
• Hormones


  • Affect specific endocrine glands
  • Stimulate them to release hormones
• Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)


  Stimulates ovaries to make the female sex hormone oestrogen
• TSH


  Stimulates the thyroid gland to make the hormone thyroxine
• Endocrine glands


  Glands that release hormones directly into the bloodstream