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The Endocrine System

The endocrine system is not a part of the nervous system , but it is


still essential to communication throughout the
body…
Regulate the energy level , Growth, Emotion and ability to
reproduce
This System is composed of Glands…which secrete chemical
messenger known as hormones…

Hormones- a regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in


tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action.
Pineal Glands

• The pineal gland, also known as the pineal


body, conarium or epiphysis cerebri, is a small endocrine gland in
the vertebratebrain. It produces melatonin,
a serotonin derived hormone, which affects the modulation of sleep
patterns in both seasonal andcircadian rhythms.[1][2] Its shape
resembles a tiny pine cone (hence its name), and it is located in
the epithalamus, near the center of the brain, between the
two hemispheres, tucked in a groove where the two halves of
the thalamus join.
Pituitary Gland
A master gland that’s secrets hormones that trigger your other
gland
the major endocrine gland. A pea-sized body attached to the
base of the brain, the pituitary is important in controlling growth
and development and the functioning of the other endocrine
glands.
• It’s the command center that’s control your body’s
growth and signal your ovaries or testes to make
testosterone or estrange.
Thyroid Gland-Regulate your metabolism on
how past your body uses energy.
• Thyroid cartilage is the right in the front of the gland we have right
and left lateral lobe.The isthmus is the connection of the lobes in the
middle.
Hypothalamus
• The hypothalamus is located below the thalamus, just above
the brainstem and is part of the limbic system.[1] In the terminology
ofneuroanatomy, it forms the ventral part of the diencephalon.
All vertebrate brains contain a hypothalamus. In humans, it is the size
of an almond.
• The hypothalamus is responsible for certain metabolic processes and
other activities of the autonomic nervous system. It synthesizes and
secretes certain neurohormones, often called releasing hormones or
hypothalamic hormones, and these in turn stimulate or inhibit the
secretion of pituitary hormones. The hypothalamus controls body
temperature, hunger, important aspects of parenting and attachment
behaviors, thirst,[2] fatigue, sleep, and circadian rhythms.
Adrenals Glands-pump out drenaline hurmones
when you're faced with stress or excited.
are endocrine glands that produce a wide variety of
hormones.[1] They are found on the top of
the kidneys and consist of a number of different layers
that directly influence the structure and function of the
glands. Each gland has an outer cortex made of steroid-
producing cells surrounding a core of medulla, formed
by chromaffin cells in direct relationship with
the sympathetic nervous system. The adrenal cortex is
divided into three zones according to their functions
and microscopic appearance.[2]
Pancreas- Regulate how much energy your
body gets..
• Pancreas- Its is located in the abdominal cavity behind the stomach…Its is endocrine
gland producing several important hormones…
• Pancreas- is a glandular organ in the digestive system and endocrine system of
vertebrates in human.
OVARY- female reproductive organ in which ova or eggs
are produced, present in humans and other vertebrates
as a pair.
• The ovary is an ovum-producing reproductive organ, often found in pairs as part
of the vertebrate female reproductive system. Birds have only one functional
ovary (left), while the other remains vestigial. Ovaries in female are analogous
to testes in male, in that they are both gonads and endocrine glands. Although
ovaries occur in a wide variety of animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, this
article is primarily about human ovaries
Ovaries secrete estrogen, testosterone[6][7] and progesterone. In women, fifty
percent of testosterone is produced by the ovaries and adrenal glands and
released directly into the blood stream.[8] Estrogen is responsible for the
appearance of secondary sex characteristics for females at puberty and for the
maturation and maintenance of the reproductive organs in their mature functional
state. Progesterone prepares the uterus for pregnancy, and the mammary glands
for lactation. Progesterone functions with estrogen by promoting menstrual
cycle changes in the endometrium.ies.
TESTIS
• The testes (plural) are the most essential organs of the male
reproductive system. They are the glands where sperm and
testosterone are produced.
• The testes are contained in the scrotum and are composed of dense
connective tissue containing around three hundred internal
compartments called lobules. Each of these lobules contains a
number of coiled, tiny tubules where the sperm are produced.
Testosterone is produced in cells located in between the lobules.
• Sperm travels through the testis from the tubules, through a network
of ducts called the rete testis, to the epididymis.

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