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HORMONE
RELEASED BY
TARGET ORGAN
STIMULUS
Gonadortopin
Releasing Hormone
(GnRH)
Growth Hormone
Releasing Hormone
(GHRH)
EFFECT ON TARGET

Causes anterior pituitary to release gonadotropins
LH and FSH

Stimulates growth and cell division
Hypothalamus
Thyrotropin
Releasing
Hormon
(TRH)
Corticotropin
Releasing
Hormone
(CRH)
Anterior Pituitary
Follicle Stimulating
Hormone
(FSH)
Hormonal – GnRH
Lutenizing
Hormone
(LH)
Adrenocorticotropic
Hormone
(ACTH)
Anterior Pituitary
Growth
Hormone
(GH)
Prolactin
(PRL)
Thyroid Stimulating
Hormone
(TSH)
Hormonal – PRH
Anterior Pituitary
HORMONE
RELEASED BY
TARGET ORGAN
Antidiuretic
Hormone
(ADH)
Oxytocin
(OXT)
STIMULUS
EFFECT ON TARGET
Neural
Posterior Pituitary
Thyroid
Hormone
(TH)

Calcitonin

Takes calcium from blood and deposits it in bone
matrix –mostly in children
(Antagonist to PTH)
Parathyroid Hormone
(PTH)
Glucocorticoids
Most Body Cells
Aldosterone
Insulin
Pancreas
-Beta Cells

Glucagon
When glucose levels are low it tells cells to break
down glycogen to glucose and release it into blood
o Increases glucose levels in blood
HORMONE
RELEASED BY
TARGET ORGAN
STIMULUS
EFFECT ON TARGET