Hormones

• Thyroid


  • T3 and T4: increase metabolism
  • Calcitonin: inhibit osteoclasts and excrete Ca+
• Hypothalamus


  • Oxytocin and ADH production for posterior pituitary
  • Releasing hormones for anterior pituitary
• Posterior Pituitary


  • Oxytocin
  • Antidiuretic Hormone
• Anterior Pituitary


  • Prolactin
  • Luteinizing
  • Follicle Stimulating
  • Thyroid Stimulating
  • Corticotropic
  • Growth
• Parathyroid Gland


  Parathyroid Hormone
• Adrenal Gland


  • Cortex: endocrine hormones
  • Medulla: sympathetic nervous
• Oxytocin


  Milk ejection, labor and delivery
• Antidiuretic Hormone


  Water retention
• T3 and T4


  Increase metabolism
• Calcitonin


  Inhibit osteoclasts and excrete Ca+
• Prolactin


  Milk production in mammary
• Follicle Stimulating


  Maturation of sex cells
• Thyroid Stimulating


  T3 and T4 production
• Corticotropic


  Glucocorticoid (cortisol) release
• Growth


  Promotes protein synthesis and metabolism
• Parathyroid Hormone


  Inhibit osteoblasts and retain Ca+
• Epinephrine and norepinephrine


  Fight or flight
• Aldosterone


  K+ and Na+ balance in kidneys
• Cortisol


  Stress hormone
• Androgens


  Sperm production, secondary sex characteristics
• Prolactin


  Milk production in mammary
• Follicle Stimulating


  Maturation of sex cells
• Thyroid Stimulating


  T3 and T4 production
• Corticotropic


  Glucocorticoid (cortisol) release
• Growth


  Promotes protein synthesis and metabolism