Q.Select the right match of endocrine gland and their hormone among the options given below. A. Pineal; B. Thyroid; C. Ovary; D. Adrenal medulla — i. Epinephrine; ii. Melatonin; iii. Estrogen; iv. Tetraiodothyronine

One of the most useful skills in this topic is being able to match a hormone to the gland that makes it — a kind of 'who sends which letter' exercise. At first the list of glands and hormones can feel like a jumble, but there is a logic to it once you group the sources with their products.

The body's organised endocrine glands each have their own characteristic outputs:

• The pituitary is the master gland: its anterior part (pars distalis) sends out six hormones — growth hormone, prolactin, TSH, ACTH, LH and FSH; its pars intermedia makes melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH); and its posterior part stores and releases oxytocin and vasopressin, which are actually made in the hypothalamus.
• The pineal gland makes melatonin, the hormone of daily rhythm.
• The thyroid makes thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), plus thyrocalcitonin (TCT).
• The parathyroid glands make parathyroid hormone (PTH).
• The thymus makes thymosins.
• The adrenal gland makes two families from two regions: the cortex makes corticoids (such as cortisol and aldosterone), and the medulla makes adrenaline and noradrenaline.
• The pancreas (its Islets of Langerhans) makes insulin and glucagon.
• The gonads add their own: the testis makes androgens such as testosterone, and the ovary makes estrogen and progesterone.

And remember that hormones are not confined to the dedicated glands. Some ordinary organs release them too: the heart's atrial wall makes atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), the kidney makes erythropoietin, and the gastrointestinal tract makes gastrin, secretin, cholecystokinin (CCK) and gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP).

Why does matching matter? Because each gland's identity is really its job. Once you know that the thyroid sets the basal metabolic rate, that the pancreas balances blood sugar, or that the adrenal medulla drives the fight-or-flight response, the pairing of gland to hormone stops being memorised trivia and becomes a map of how the body governs itself.

"Match the following hormones and glands class 11 biology" and "list of endocrine glands and their hormones NCERT" are extremely common searches this table is built to answer, drawing directly from the Chemical Coordination and Integration chapter of the NCERT/CBSE Class 11 Biology syllabus. Gland-hormone matching of exactly this kind is one of the most frequent question formats in NEET biology.