Increase blood pressure

Stimulate bone growth

Stimulate brain maturation

Increase basal metabolic rate

Increase protein synthesis

Adrenal glands

Kidneys

Heart

Liver

Lungs

Insulin

Cortisol

Glucagon

Thyroxine

Red blood cell production

Electrolyte homeostasis

Stress response

Milk production

Maintaining the epiphyseal plate in adulthood

Sperm cell production

Growth spurt during puberty

Development of secondary sex characteristics

Gigantism, where the individual has normal face and body proportions in relation to his or her size

Gigantism, where the individual has abnormal face and body proportions in relation to his or her size

Dwarfism, where the individual has normal face and body proportions in relation to his or her size

Acromegaly, where the individual has abnormal face and body proportions in relation to his or her size

Acromegaly, where the individual has normal face and body proportions in relation to his or her size

Increase water absorption from the kidneys

Decrease water absorption from the kidneys

Stimulate milk production

Increase calcium reabsorption

Decrease calcium reabsorption

It develops and regulates the female reproductive system.

It stimulates milk ejection.

It stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth.

It establishes maternal behavior.

Water reabsoption

Milk production

Milk ejection

Lymphocyte development

Increase pancreatic bicarbonate secretion

Increase gastric acid secretion

Increase growth of gastric mucosa

Increase gastric motility

Increase release of pepsinogen