Hormones of Pituitary Gland

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Follicle stimulating hormone

  • made in anterior lobe

  • growth of follicles (ovary)

  • production of sperm (testes)


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Lutenising Hormone

  • made in anterior lobe

  • ovulationg and maintenance of corpus luteum (ovaries

  • secretion of testosterone (testes)


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Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

  • made in anterior lobe

  • stimulate production of hormones from thyroid gland


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Growth hormone

  • made in anterior lobe

  • stimulate body growth


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Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

  • made in anterior lobe

  • secretion of hormones from adrenal cortex


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Prolactin

  • made in anterior lobe

  • milk production (mammary glands)


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oxytocin

  • made in hypothalamus

  • stored in posterior lobe

  • contraction of muscles in uterus and mammary glands


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antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

  • made in hypothalamus

  • stored in posterior lobe

  • reabsorption of water from kidneys