hormone chart

Name the 8 hormonal glands from lab

anterior pituitary, posterior pituitary, adrenal glands, pancreas, gonads (ovaries and testis), thyroid gland, parathyroid gland

anterior pituitary lobe

adenohypophysis

hormones secreted by anterior pituitary

tropic- TSH, FSH, LH, ACTH. not tropic- prolaction (PRL), growth hormone (GH)

anterior pituitary location

in brain, connected to the hypothalamus by the infindibulum

posterior pituitary lobe

neurohypophysis

posterior pituitary location

in brain, connected to hypothalamus by infindibulum

hormones secreted by posterior pituitary

oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

thyroid gland location

in throat, inferior to larynx

hormones secreted by thyroid gland

T3, T4,= TH (thyroid hormone), and calcitonin

parathyroid gland location

posterior to the thyroid gland

hormones secreted by parathyroid gland

PTH (parathyroid hormone)

Adrenal glands location

atop the kidneys

hormones secreted by adrenal glands

Mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids (cortisol), gonadocorticoids (androgens), catecholamines (epinephrine and norepinephrine)

pancreas location

behind the stomach

hormones secreted by pancreas

insulin and glucagon

what are the gonads?

ovaries and testes

ovaries location

pelvis/lower abdomen

hormones secreted by ovaries

estrogen and progesterone

testes location

in the scrotum

hormones secreted by testes

testosterone