Gland | Location + Hormone(s) |
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Pineal Gland | Brain + Melatonin |
Hypothalamus | Brain + growth-hormone-releasing growth-hormone-inhibiting gonadotropin-releasing thyrotropin-releasing corticotropin-releasing prolactin-releasing prolactin-inhibiting melanocyte-stimulating-releasing melanocyte-stimulating-inhibiting |
Pituitary Gland (anterior lobe) |
Head + growth-hormone follicle-stimulating luteinizing thyroid-stimulating adrenocorticotropic prolactin |
Pituitary Gland (intermediate lobe) |
Head + melanocyte-stimulating hormone |
Pituitary Gland (posterior lobe) |
Head + anti-diuretic hormone oxytocin |
Thyroid Gland | Neck + thyroid hormones calcitonin |
Parathyroid Glands | Neck + Parathyroid hormone |
Thymus Gland | Neck & Thoracic Cavity + thymosins thymic humoral factor thymopoietins |
Heart | Thoracic Cavity + atrial natriuretic factor |
Stomach | Abdominopelvic Cavity + gastrin |
Intestines | Abdominopelvic Cavity + secretin cholecystokinin |
Pancreas | Abdominopelvic Cavity + insulin glucagon somatostatin |
Kidneys | Abdomen (retroperitoneal) + erythropoietin 1, 25-dihydroxycholecaciferol renin (an enzyme) |
Adrenal Glands (cortex) |
Abdomen (retroperitoneal) + glucocorticoids gonadocorticoids |
Adrenal Glands (medulla) |
Abdomen (retroperitoneal) + epinephrine (adrenaline) norepinephrine (noradrenaline) |
Ovaries | Abdominopelvic Cavity + estrogens progesterone relaxin |
Testes | Scrotal Sac + androgens (mainly testosterone) |
Chorion & Placenta | Associated with embryo and fetus + chrorionic gonadotropin estrogen progesterone |