Cortisol acts as an anti-inflammatory and helps maintain blood sugar levels and blood pressure. A gland having endocrine as well as exocrine function is (a) pituitary (b) thyroid (c) pancreas (d) adrenal Q. The adrenal cortex, as a component of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, secretes steroid hormones important for the regulation of the long-term. The adrenals also secrete 50 of androstenedione and 25 of circulating testosterone. Question Transcribed Image Text: The pituitary hormone that stimulates milk production by the mammary glands is prolactin. Aldosterone causes the kidneys to secrete potassium and retain water and sodium. The adrenal glands produce all of the DHEAS and 80 of the DHEA. The pituitary hormone that stimulates milk production by the mammary glands is prolactin.

Adrenal glands are also considered as Glands of Emergency as these produce most of the vital hormones needed in the emergency conditions.

Regulates salt, water balance, and blood pressureĬontrols key functions in the body acts as an anti-inflammatory maintains blood sugar levels, blood pressure, and muscle strength regulates salt and water balanceĪffects water retention in kidneys controls blood pressureĬontrols production of sex hormones (estrogen in women and testosterone in men) and the production of eggs in women and sperm in men. Adrenal cortex hormones include aldosterone, cortisol, and sex hormones. Adrenal glands secrete important hormones like Epinephrine, Nor-epinephrine, Hydrocortisone, Corticosterone.

The hormone secreted by adrenal gland