Endocrine

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 alpahbetical 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
Pancreas	Glucagon	Liver
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
	Thyroid-stimulating hormone
	Thyrotropin-releasing hormone
	Thyroxine (thyroid hormone)
	Triiodothyronine (thyroid hormone)

A lot of these need finishing.