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ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
A GROUP OF GLANDS THAT SECRETE SUBSTANCES DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM. DUCTLESS GLANDS
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PANCREAS
ENDOCRINE AND EXOCRINE GLAND. SECRETES PANCREATIC JUICES THROUGH BY WAY OF DUCT AND SECRETES INSULIN DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOOD STREAM, NO DUCT
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HORMONES
SECRETIONS FROM ENDOCRINE GLANDS
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HORMONE
A CHEMICAL MESSENGER THAT CAUSES CHANGES.
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PITUITARY GLAND
MASTER GLAND OF THE BODY. IT IS SECURE IN A BONY CRADLE DEEP WITHIN THE SKULL. SMALL AS A PEA, SECRETES 9 KNOWN HORMONES.
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HYUPOTHLAMUS
CONTROLS THE PRODUCTION OF THE PITUITARY HORMONES.
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ACROMEGALY
IF YOUR BODY PRODUCES TOO MUCH GH IN ADULT HOOD. THIS IS AN OVERPRODUCTION OF GH.
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GONADOTROPIC HORMONES
CONTROL THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM IN BOTH MALES AND FEMALES
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PITUITARY GLAND HAS TWO LOBES
ANTERIOR LOBE AND POSTERIOR LOBE
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THYROID GLAND
HAS TWO LOBES
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GOITER
AN ENLARGED THYROID GLAND - USUALLY CAUSED FROM LACK OF IODINE
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EXOPHTHALMIA
WHEN THE EYES PROTRUDE DRAMATICALLY. THIS IS USUALLY A CAUSE OF HYPOTHYROIDISM (THYROID ACTIVITY IS BELOW NORMAL)
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THYROIDECTOMY
REMOVAL OF THYROID. USUALLY THE ONLY ANSWER FOR PEOPLE WITH HYPERTHYROIDISM
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PARATHYROID GLANDS
USUALLY TWO PAIRS. AS SMALL AS A WHEAT GRAIN. RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATING CALCIUM CONTENT OF THE BLOOD
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TETANY
FOUND WITH HYPOPARATHYROIDISM - AND CAUSES TWITCHING.
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ADRENAL GLANDS
SIT ATOP EACH KIDNEY. THE OUTER TISSUE IS THE CORTEX AND THE INNER IS THE MEDULLA. PRINCIPLE HORMONE OF THE MEDULLA IS ADRENALINE. THE MEDULLA IS NOT ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE. THE CORTEX PRODUCES STEROID HORMONES AND IS ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE.
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PANCREAS
DUAL FUNCTION ORGAN, MAJOR HORMONE OF THE PANCREAS IS INSULIN
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HYPERGLYCEMIA
LEVEL OF BLOOD SUGAR RISES TO AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT
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HYPOGLYCEMIA
LOW LEVEL OF BLOOD SUGAR
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INSULIN
IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES
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GLYCOSURIA
WHEN EXCESS GLUCOSE IS FOUND IN THE BLOODD AND EXCRETED IN URINE. THIS IS A COMMON SIGN OF DIABETES MELLITUS
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THYMUS GLAND
TWO LOBED STRUCTURE LOCATED UNDER THE STERNUM. COMPOSED OF MOSTLY LYMPHOID TISSUE.
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PINEAL BODY
SMALL MASS OF TISSUE. BELIEVED TO PRODUCE A HORMONE KNOWN AS MELATONIN.
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ESTROGEN
PRODUCED BY THE OVARIES, PROMOTES GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SEX ORGANS.
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PROGESTERONE
SECRETED BY OVARIES, AIDS IN MAINTAINING PREGNANCY
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ACROMEGALY
WHERE THE PITUITARY GLAND PRODUCES EXCESS GROWTH HORMONE DURING ADULTHOOD
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ADDISONS DISEASE
RESULTS FROM A DEFICIENCY OF ADRENAL HORMONES FROM THE CORTEX OF THE ADRENAL GLAND. CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS ILLNESS AND EVEN DEATH.
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GRAVES DISEASE
THE MOST COMMON FORM OF HYPERTHYROIDISM
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