The Endocrine System2015

What is the Endocrine System?

What do we know about it?

Endocrine System

The system of glands throughout the body that regulate body functions.

Endocrine system

The endocrine system sends messages to the body through the blood in the form of hormones.

Hormones are the chemical substances produced in the glands that help to regulate the way your body functions.

Glands

A group of cells, or an organ, that secretes a chemical substance. IE: the thyroid gland controls metabolism

Hormones

Chemical substances produced in certain glands that help to regulate the way your body functions.

Metabolism

The process by which the body gets energy from food.

Major glands

Hypothalamus

Pituitary Gland

Thyroid Gland

Parathyroid Gland

Thymus Gland

Pancreas

Adrenal Glands

Major GlandsGlands Function

Hypothalamus Receives information from the nervous system and controls the pituitary gland

Pituitary Gland Secretes growth hormone along with hormones that control other endocrine glands

Thyroid Gland Controls metabolism

Thymus Signals the immune system to produce cells to fight infections

Pancreas Secretes insulin and glucagon, which regulate blood sugar levels

Adrenal Glands Release hormones that enable the body to respond to stress.

Reproductive Glands Ovaries: release estrogen to produce egg cellsTestes: produce testosterone and produce sperm cells

Diabetes

A disease that prevents the body from converting food into energy.

The most common endocrine system