Hormone Functions

Controls the thyroid gland

• TSH
• T₃
• T₄
• Thyroxine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Lowers the blood calcium and phosphate levels by causing them to remain in bone

• Estrogen
• Calcitonin
• Melatonin
• Epinephrine

Helps develop our immune system

• Thyroxine
• Thymosin
• T₃
• T₄

Regulates Na and K ions in the blood

• FSH
• Aldosterone
• ADH
• Insulin

Causes increase in rate of cell growth and size

• Insulin
• glucagon
• Melatonin
• Growth hormone

Stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth, and causes milk to let down

• Prolactin
• Oxytocin
• Progesterone
• Thymosin

Causes blood glucose level to drop

• Glucagon
• Insulin
• Thymosin
• TSH

Causes follicles to mature and produce eggs and estrogen in females and stimulates sperm production in males

• TSH
• FSH
• T₃
• T₄

Increases blood calcium level and decreases blood phosphate level

• Parathyroid hormone
• Thyroxine
• Thymosin
• Glucagon

Prepares us for flight or flight response

• Epinephrine
• cortisol
• melatonin
• TSH