ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

A GROUP OF GLANDS THAT SECRETE SUBSTANCES DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM. DUCTLESS GLANDS

DUCT GLANDS

ENDOCRINE AND EXOCRINE GLAND. SECRETES PANCREATIC JUICES THROUGH BY WAY OF DUCT AND SECRETES INSULIN DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOOD STREAM, NO DUCT

SECRETIONS FROM ENDOCRINE GLANDS

A CHEMICAL MESSENGER THAT CAUSES CHANGES.

MASTER GLAND OF THE BODY. IT IS SECURE IN A BONY CRADLE DEEP WITHIN THE SKULL. SMALL AS A PEA, SECRETES 9 KNOWN HORMONES.

CONTROLS THE PRODUCTION OF THE PITUITARY HORMONES.

IF YOUR BODY PRODUCES TOO MUCH GH IN ADULT HOOD. THIS IS AN OVERPRODUCTION OF GH.

CONTROL THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM IN BOTH MALES AND FEMALES

ANTERIOR LOBE AND POSTERIOR LOBE

HAS TWO LOBES

AN ENLARGED THYROID GLAND - USUALLY CAUSED FROM LACK OF IODINE

WHEN THE EYES PROTRUDE DRAMATICALLY. THIS IS USUALLY A CAUSE OF HYPOTHYROIDISM (THYROID ACTIVITY IS BELOW NORMAL)

REMOVAL OF THYROID. USUALLY THE ONLY ANSWER FOR PEOPLE WITH HYPERTHYROIDISM

USUALLY TWO PAIRS. AS SMALL AS A WHEAT GRAIN. RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATING CALCIUM CONTENT OF THE BLOOD

FOUND WITH HYPOPARATHYROIDISM - AND CAUSES TWITCHING.

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.

DUAL FUNCTION ORGAN, MAJOR HORMONE OF THE PANCREAS IS INSULIN

LEVEL OF BLOOD SUGAR RISES TO AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT

LOW LEVEL OF BLOOD SUGAR

IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES

WHEN EXCESS GLUCOSE IS FOUND IN THE BLOODD AND EXCRETED IN URINE. THIS IS A COMMON SIGN OF DIABETES MELLITUS

TWO LOBED STRUCTURE LOCATED UNDER THE STERNUM. COMPOSED OF MOSTLY LYMPHOID TISSUE.

SMALL MASS OF TISSUE. BELIEVED TO PRODUCE A HORMONE KNOWN AS MELATONIN.

SEX GLANDS

PRODUCED BY THE OVARIES, PROMOTES GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SEX ORGANS.

SECRETED BY OVARIES, AIDS IN MAINTAINING PREGNANCY

WHERE THE PITUITARY GLAND PRODUCES EXCESS GROWTH HORMONE DURING ADULTHOOD

RESULTS FROM A DEFICIENCY OF ADRENAL HORMONES FROM THE CORTEX OF THE ADRENAL GLAND. CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS ILLNESS AND EVEN DEATH.

THE MOST COMMON FORM OF HYPERTHYROIDISM

HYPOTHYROIDISM