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Created by Lilian Vieyra
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Question | Answer |
Function | Maintain the state of balance in the body by performing a regulatory role for all the other organ systems |
+ Function | Collection of Glands Produce hormones Has organs |
Gland | Group of cells Selectively removes materials from the blood -Alters them -Secretes them for further use/elimination |
Hormones | Chemical messengers Travel through our circulatory system to other parts of the body Control or regulate a body process |
Importance | Hormones!!!!! It can affect every organ in the human body & their processes Metabolism, Growth, Mood, Sleep, Tissue function, Sexual function, Reproduction |
How does it work | Glands controlled directly by stimulation form nervous system, chemical receptors in the blood & hormones produced by other glads) Maintaining body's Homeostasis |
+ How does it work | Gland determines it's time to release a hormone \/ It signals other glands & hormone-producing agents \/ They release signals |
Hypothalamus | Contains cell neurons that secrete hormones Controls endocrine system -through-> Pitulary gland |
Pitulary Gland | Carries the hormones it realises ---> body Made of Oxytocin |
Thyroid Gland | Produces: calcitonin, triidothynine & thyroxine Together they 'regulate the metabolic body's rate' |
Parathyroid Glands | 4 masses of glandular tissue They produce the hormone PTH parathyroid (involved in calcium & releases into the bloodstream) |
Adrenal Glands | Contains cell neurons that secrete Adrenaline |
Pancreas | Contains endocrine & exocrine tissue Lowers blood glucose level after meals |
Thymus | Helps to train & develop T-lymphocytes during fetal development & childhood Replaced in puberty by adipose tissue |
Gonads | Control the development of the reproductive organs and the emergence of feminine/male sexual characteristics at puberty |
Ovaries | Produce the female sex hormones progesterone and estrogens. |
Testes | Produce testosterone |
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