Hormones Produced by the Kidney
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Erythropoietin
A hormone produced and released by the kidney that stimulates the production of red blood cells by the bone marrow.
Calcitriol
A hormone produced from vitamin D that acts in essentially the same manner as parathyroid hormone.
Aldosterone
Adrenal cortex hormone involved in regulating salt levels of body fluids
renin
hormone secreted by the kidney; it raises blood pressure by influencing vasoconstriction (narrowing of blood vessels)
ADH (antidiuretic hormone)
secreted by the posterior pituitary gland, it increases water reabsorption in the kidneys
