Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The endocrine system
- Function
- The endocrine system is a group of organs in the body which produce hormones
- Hormones are passed trough the body in three different ways to help regulate the body’s functions.
- Neurotransmitters: trough the synaptic cleft, between a part of a neuron and its destination.
- Local hormones: trough fluid to nearby receptors
- Endocrine hormones, trough the blood to all the body
- How does the endocrine system affect the body
- The endocrine system
- Organs involved
- Ovaries: progesterone
Testicles: testosterone
- Digestive tract: many different hormones
- Kidneys: erithoprotein
- Heart: arterial natriuretic peptide
- Parathyroid glands: parathyroid
- Hypothalamus: ADH and oxytocin
- Pancréas: insulin, glucagon
- Arsenal kidney glands: noreponephrine,
Epinephrine
- Thymus gland: THYMOSINS
- Thyroid gland: Thyroxine, calcitocin
- Pituitary gland: many different hormones
- Relation between endocrine system and nervous system.
- What is a hormone?