The Endocrine System

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Functions of the Endocrine System

-To produce and secrete hormones that regulate daily functions like metabolism

-To produce and secrete hormones that regulate both growth and development

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How do the functions of the endocrine system work?

Hormones- a special type of chemical that functions as a "chemical messenger". Hormones interact with target cells as agonists.

Negative Feedback- A regulatory system where a stimulus causes an opposite reaction to keep something in homeostasis

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Visual of the Endocrine System

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Example of the Endocrine System in Action

Thalamus- Diagnoses different sensory info that is being transmitted to the brain including auditory, visual, tactile, and gustatory signals

Hypothalamus- the connection between the nervous and endocrine systems--) receives nervous signals + produces hormones to activate hormone production of some regions of the pituitary gland

Adrenal- positioned on top of the kidneys, produce adrenaline

Testes/Ovaries- producing sex hormones for reproduction