Name That Hormone
This hormone is released from the pineal gland and helps regulate circadian rhythms.
What is melatonin?
This hormone, oxytocin, is released from this part of the pituitary?
What is the posterior pituitary?
What is the kidney?
This hormone stimulates milk production in the breast.
What is prolactin?
What is growth hormone?
This hormone is released from the posterior pituitary and increases water reabsorption in the kidneys.
What is ADH?
This hormone, ACTH, is secreted from this gland.
What is the anterior pituitary?
This hormone, TSH, targets this gland.
What is the thyroid gland?
This hormone causes milk ejections and stimulates uterine contractions during labor.
What is oxytocin?
This anterior pituitary hormone stimulates the adrenal cortex to release this stress hormone.
What are ACTH and cortisol?
These hormones are produced by the thyroid gland and regulate metabolism, growth, and development.
What are triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4)?
This hormone, calcitonin, is secreted from this gland.
What is the thyroid gland?
This hormone, parathyroid hormone, targets these two structures.
What are bone and kidney?
This hormone increases sodium excretion by the kidneys?
What is atrial natriuretic peptide?
This hormone is released from the heart and acts on the kidneys to produce this effect.
What are ANP and increased sodium excretion?
This liver-produced hormone increases blood pressure by promoting aldosterone secretion?
What is angiotensinogen?
These growth-promoting hormones, known as IGFs, are produced in this organ.
What is the liver?
These digestive hormones, gastrin, CCK (cholecystokinin), and secretion, primarily act on these organs.
What are the GI tract and pancreas?
These pancreatic hormones regulate the metabolism of glucose and other nutrients.
What are insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, and pancreatic polypeptide?
What are IGFs (insulin-like growth factor) and growth?
This hormone is produced in the adrenal cortex and regulates sodium and potassium balance.
What is aldosterone?
This stress hormone, cortisol, is produced in this part of the adrenal gland.
What is the adrenal cortex?
This hormone, erythropoietin, targets this tissue to stimulate red blood cell production.
What is bone marrow?
These hormones trigger the fight-or-flight response.
What are epinephrine and norepinephrine?
This hormone is released from the kidney and acts on this tissue to produce this effect.
What are erythropoietin, bone marrow, and red blood cell production?