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chart with endorine system organs, hormones, hormone functions, and target organs...

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Gland (source of hormone) Anterior pituitary

Posterior pituitary

Hormone

Action produced

Thyroid-stimulating hormone

Stimulates thyroid gland to release thyroid hormone

Prolactin

Regulates mammary gland growth and breast milk production in females, may increase secretion of testosterone in males

Follicle-stimulating hormone

Controls development of both oocyte and ovarian follicle within ovaries, controls development

Luteinizing hormone

Induces ovulation of secondary oocyte from ovarian follicle, controls testosterone synthesis w/in testes

Adrenocorticotropic hormone

Stimulates adrenal cortex to release corticosteroids

Growth hormone

Release of insulin-like growth factors from liver, they function synergistically to induce growth Stimulates both kidneys to decrease urine output and thirst center to increase fluid intake when the body is dehydrated, in high doses ADH is a vasoconstrictor

Antidiuretic hormone

Oxytocin

Pineal gland

Target cell/organ

Melatonin

Contraction of smooth muscle of uterus, ejection of milk, increases feeling of emotional bonding between individuals Helps regulate the body’s circadian rhythms, functions in sexual maturation

ENDOCRINE GLANDS AND HORMONES

Gland (source of hormone)

Hormone

Thyroid gland

Calcitonin

Thyroid hormone Parathyroid gland

Pancreas

Adrenal cortex

Parathyroid hormone

Insulin Glucagon Aldosterone

Cortisol

Adrenal medulla

Epinephrine

Target cell/organ

Action produced

Decreases blood calcium levels, most significant in children Increase metabolic rate of all cells, increase heat production Increases blood calcium levels by stimulating both the release of calcium from bone tissue and decrease loss of calcium in urine, causes formation of calcitriol (increases calcium from small intestine) Decreases blood glucose levels Increases blood glucose levels Regulates blood Na+ and K+ levels by decreasing the Na+ and increasing K+ excreted in urine Participates in the stress response, increase nutrients that are available in the blood Prolong effects of the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system...