Thyroid hormone - increases metabolism; targets nearly every cell in the body

Melatonin - regulates sleep cycles

Parathyroid hormone - controls calcium balance in the blood; targets bone

Aldosterone - regulate Na* and K*

Cortisol - help resist stressors by helping to regulate glucose

Androgens - play a role in sexual development and sex drive

Glucagon - increases glucose in the blood; targets the liver

Insulin - decreases glucose in the blood; targets the liver and tissue cells

Estrogen/Progesterone - promotes maturation of the female reproductive organs breast development and cyclic changes in the uterus

Testosterone-promotes maturation of the male reproduction organs, causes appearance of secondary sex characteristics; promotes normal sperm development

Growth Hormone - targets muscle, bone and other tissues to grow

Thyroid-stimulating hormone - stimulates thyroid gland to release thyroid hormone

ACTH - targets adrenal cortex to release hormones

Luteinizing hormone - triggers ovulation and hormone production by ovaries; promotes testosterone production in testes

Prolactin - promotes lactation in breast

Follicle-stimulating hormone -stimulates ovarian follicle in ovaries; stimulates testes to develop sperm

Oxytocin -stimulates uterine contraction in labor; initiates milk ejection in breast

Anti-diuretic Hormone - stimulates kidneys to reabsorb water