Question: oxytocin

Answer: released by the posterior pituitary that stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth and milk ejection during breastfeeding.

in males, oxytocin causes smooth muscle contraction in the ductus deferens and prostate.

Question: aldosterone

Answer: “salt-retaining hormone” Hormone that stimulates the kidney to retain sodium ions and water

main mineralocorticoid.

Question: Adrenocorticotropic hormone (acth)

Answer: Stimulates adrenal cortex to secrete glucocorticoids

glucocorticoids affect glucose metabolism.

cells secreting ACTH are called corticotropes.

anterior lobe of the pituitary gland

Question: hormones involved in blood calcium adjustment

Answer:

Question: endocrine glands (10)

Answer: hypothalamus

pineal gland

pituitary gland

thyroid

parathyroid gland

thymus

adrenal glands

pancreas

ovaries

testes