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Flashcards by Lilian Vieyra, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lilian Vieyra
over 10 years ago
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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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