The Endocrine System2015
What is the Endocrine System?
What do we know about it?
Endocrine System
The system of glands throughout the body that regulate body functions.
Endocrine system
The endocrine system sends messages to the body through the blood in the form of hormones.
Hormones are the chemical substances produced in the glands that help to regulate the way your body functions.
Glands
A group of cells, or an organ, that secretes a chemical substance. IE: the thyroid gland controls metabolism
Hormones
Chemical substances produced in certain glands that help to regulate the way your body functions.
Metabolism
The process by which the body gets energy from food.
Major glands
Hypothalamus
Pituitary Gland
Thyroid Gland
Parathyroid Gland
Thymus Gland
Pancreas
Adrenal Glands
Major GlandsGlands Function
Hypothalamus Receives information from the nervous system and controls the pituitary gland
Pituitary Gland Secretes growth hormone along with hormones that control other endocrine glands
Thyroid Gland Controls metabolism
Thymus Signals the immune system to produce cells to fight infections
Pancreas Secretes insulin and glucagon, which regulate blood sugar levels
Adrenal Glands Release hormones that enable the body to respond to stress.
Reproductive Glands Ovaries: release estrogen to produce egg cellsTestes: produce testosterone and produce sperm cells
Diabetes
A disease that prevents the body from converting food into energy.
The most common endocrine system