Category: Biology Second Paper

It accelerates uterine muscle contraction during childbirth. Helps in secretion of milk from mammary glands.

Somatotropic hormone. It regulates body growth.

Adrenal stimulating hormone. It regulates the secretion of adrenal cortex.

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. This hormone regulates the growth of the thyroid gland and the production of thyroxine hormone.

It controls the production and secretion of milk from the mammary gland.

Luteinizing Hormone. This hormone helps release the ovum from the follicle, form the corpus luteum and produce estrogen and progesterone.

Follicle Stimulating Hormone. This hormone stimulates sperm and egg production.

(i) Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH): This hormone stimulates sperm and egg production.
(ii) Luteinizing Hormone (LH): This hormone helps release the ovum from the follicle, form the corpus luteum and produce estrogen and progesterone.
(iii) Prolactin hormone: It controls the production and secretion of milk from the mammary gland.
(iv) Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH): This hormone regulates the growth of the thyroid gland and the production of thyroxine hormone.
(v) Adrenal stimulating hormone (ASH): It regulates the secretion of adrenal cortex.
(vi) Somatotropic hormone (STH) : It regulates body growth.
(vii) Oxytocin hormone: It accelerates uterine muscle contraction during childbirth. Helps in secretion of milk from mammary glands.
(viii) Vasopressin Hormone (ADH): It regulates the amount of water in urine.
(ix) Gonadrotropic hormone (GTH) : It helps in growth of genitals.

The small gland located in the forebrain that controls the functions of other glands in the body is called the pituitary gland. It looks like a pea. Most of the hormones are secreted from the pituitary gland. The hormones of this gland control the secretion of other glands. Hence it is called Granthiraja or Prabhu Granthi or Hypothesis Cerebri. Human pituitary gland weighs 500 mg. The pituitary gland weighs more in females than in males. Each pituitary gland consists of 3 lobes. First part, meddle part and Post part.

Chemical substances secreted from ductless glands are carried through the blood or lymph to distant specific organs of the body and are active, they are called endocrine glands.