• Question: Which organs are hormones created in?

    Asked by abbie520 to Heather, Keith on 28 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Heather Eyre

      Heather Eyre answered on 28 Jun 2013:

      Lots of organs make hormones, and there are some specialised glands too:

      Heart
      brain
      pituitary – lots and lots of hormones including growth hormone
      adrenal glands – adrenaline
      kidney – urotensin II, renin, erythripoetin
      liver -angiotensin II (or what becomes angiotensin II after bits are chopped off!)
      ovaries/testes – sex hormones

    • Photo: Keith Siew

      Keith Siew answered on 28 Jun 2013:

      To be honest I can hardly think of one organ system that doesn’t secrete some sort of hormones… so you can add the pancreas, gastro-intestinal tract, lungs, etc… to the list…

      But also remember other tissues that aren’t strictly organs can release hormones… a good example being fat cells!

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