Hormones of Pituitary Gland

Follicle stimulating hormone

• made in anterior lobe

• growth of follicles (ovary)

• production of sperm (testes)

Lutenising Hormone

• made in anterior lobe

• ovulationg and maintenance of corpus luteum (ovaries

• secretion of testosterone (testes)

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

• made in anterior lobe

• stimulate production of hormones from thyroid gland

Growth hormone

• made in anterior lobe

• stimulate body growth

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

• made in anterior lobe

• secretion of hormones from adrenal cortex

Prolactin

• made in anterior lobe

• milk production (mammary glands)

oxytocin

• made in hypothalamus

• stored in posterior lobe

• contraction of muscles in uterus and mammary glands

antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

• made in hypothalamus

• stored in posterior lobe

• reabsorption of water from kidneys