The Endocrine System

Click on the abbreviation for the laboratory test, and the complete name for a thorough study of the hormone.

• Anterior Pituitary Gland

1. hGh     - Human growth hormone or somatotropin
2. TSH     - Thyroid-stimulating hormone or thyrotropin
3. FSH     - Follicle-stimulating hormone
4. LH       - Luteinizing hormone
5. PRL     - Prolactin
6. ACTH   - Adrenocorticotropic hormone or corticotropin
7. MSH    - Melanocyte-stimulating hormone

• Posterior Pituitary Gland

1. OT     - Oxytocin
2. ADH   - Antidiuretic hormone or vasopressin

• Thyroid Gland

1. T3     - triiodothyronine
2. T4     - thyroxine
3. Calcitonin

• Parathyroid Glands

1. PTH  - Parathyroid hormone

• Adrenal Glands 

            Adrenal cortex

1. Mineralocorticoids (mainly aldosterone)
2. Glucocorticoids (mainly cortisol)
3. Androgens (mainly dehydroepiandrosterone or DHEA)

            
          Adrenal Medulla

1. Epinephrine
2. Norepinephrine

• Pineal Gland

1. Melatonin

• Pancreas

1. Glucagon
2. Insulin
3. Somatostatin
4. Pancreatic polypeptide

• Thymus

1. Thymosin
2. THF - Thymic humoral factor
3. TF   - Thymic factor
4. Thymopoietin

• Ovaries and Testes

1. Estrogens and progesterone
2. Relaxin
3. Testosterone
4. Inhibin