Endocrine
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Endocrine glands
The aim is to cover the main endocrine glands, from the pineal, down to the pituitary, further down to the thyroid gland, and of course the tiny little parathyroid things.
Below this there is the thymus gland, which I basically have never heard of, then the adrenals on top of the kidneys, with the pancreas next to them.
Finally there are is the testis, or ovary, depending on your disposition.
Endocrine hormones
Here is an exhaustive alphabetical list of ALL the key hormones.
Produced in | Name | Acts on |
Anterior Pituitary | Adrenocorticotropic hormone (or corticotropin) | Adrenal Cortex |
Adrenal Cortex | Aldosterone | Nephrons in the Kidney |
Liver | Angiotensinogen and angiotensin | Complicated - gets converted by Renin |
Posterior Pituitary | Antidiuretic hormone (or vasopressin, arginine vasopressin) | Nephrons of Kidney |
Antimullerian hormone (or mullerian inhibiting factor or hormone) | ||
Thyroid | Calcitonin | Calcium levels |
Parathyroid | Calcitriol (Vitamin D) | Calcium Levels |
Cholecystokinin | ||
Anterior Pituitary | Corticotropin-releasing hormone | |
Adrenal Cortex | Cortisol | Metabolism (its a glucocorticoid) |
Dehydroepiandrosterone | ||
Dihydrotestosterone | ||
Dopamine | ||
Adrenal Medulla | Epinephrine or Adrenaline. | |
Kidneys | Erythropoietin | Bone Marrow? |
Anterior Pituitary | Follicle-stimulating hormone | Gonads - testis or ovaries |
Gastrin | ||
Ghrelin | ||
Liver? | Glucagon | |
Hypothalamus | Gonadotropin-releasing hormone | Anterior Pituitary |
Growth hormone | ||
Growth hormone-releasing hormone | ||
Human chorionic gonadotropin | ||
Inhibin | ||
Insulin | ||
Insulin-like growth factor (or somatomedin) | ||
Leptin | ||
Luteinizing hormone | ||
Melatonin | ||
Norepinephrine (or noradrenaline) | ||
Oestradiol | ||
Oxytocin | ||
Parathormone | ||
Progesterone | ||
Prostaglandins & Prostacyclin | ||
Relaxin | ||
Secretin | ||
Serotonin | ||
Somatostatin | ||
Testosterone | ||
Thrombopoietin | ||
Thromboxane | ||
Thymosin | ||
Thyroid-stimulating hormone | ||
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone | ||
Thyroxine (thyroid hormone) | ||
Triiodothyronine (thyroid hormone) | ||
A lot of these need finishing.