THE GLAND
LOCATION
SUBSTANCE SECRETED
ADRENAL MEDULLA
EPINEPHRINE
ATTACHED TO THE
UPPER KIDNEYS
HYDROCORTISONE;
ADRENAL CORTEX
ALDOSTERONE;
CORTICOSTERONE
a. ESTROGENS
a. NEAR LATERAL
a. OVARY
PROGESTERONE
WALL OF PELVIS
GONADS
b. ANDROGENS
b. SUSPEND OUTSIDE
b. TESTES
ABDOMEN
PANCREAS
BEHIND STOMACH
INSULIN GLUCAGON
(ISLET CELLS)
PARATHYROID
BACK SURFACE OF
PARATHORMONE
THYROID GLAND
PINEAL
BETWEEN FOLDS OF
MELATONIN
THE BRAIN
GROWTH HORMONE,
ANTERIOR PITUITARY
THYROTROPIN (TSH),
(ADENOHYPOPHYSIS)
CORTICOCOTROPIN (ACTH),
BEHIND THE OPTIC
FOLLICLE-STIMULATING
NERVE, CROSSING
(FSH), LUTEINIZING
POINT ON THE BRAIN
HORMONE, LUTEOTROPIC
POSTERIOR PITUITARY
HORMONE, PROLACTIN,
(NEUROHYPOPHYSIS)
OXYTOCIN, VASOPRESSIN
(ADH)
THYMUS
UPPER THORAX NEAR
THYMOSIN
THROAT
THYROID
NECK, EITHER SIDE
THYROXINE CALCITONIN
OF ESOPHAGUS
Table 22. Names, locations, and secretions of the endocrine glands.
240. FUNCTIONS OF HORMONES
To ensure harmonious interaction of the various organs of the body and thereby
maintain homeostasis (a stable condition in the internal environment), communication
between the organs must be established. Chemical substances known as hormones
act as messengers in the body. In general, hormones, regardless of the gland from
which they are secreted, may:
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