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endocrine vocabulary

TermDefinition
hypotholmaus realeses hormones to help regulate throyid system also helps with repoduction,growth emotions water levels in the body and acts a response to stress
pineal gland regulate sleep scycles and secreats the hormonie melotion located near the center of the of the back brain
pituitary gland realeses sevral hormones that reglate growth,metablism reperduction stress or truama response laction water balance child birth
thryoid gland major role of growth devolpement in the body and metablism
thymus makes white blood cells until pubirty when all the T cells you need made reales hormone and controls the pituitary system found in the inner chest behind the breat bone
adrenal gland right adrenline gland realese the hormones that help the body respone to stress, as well as metablism blood pressure and the immune system sits on the right kiddney in the back of the adomon left adrenal gland does the same thing left side of kiddney
pancrease create enezymes that breaks down to sugar and fats and starches and regula ltes blood sugar regulates appetite stomach acid and when to empty your stomach lies across the uper adomon behind the stomach
ovary hormones and and estrogen and prosgrestione reglates menstroin production
testis produces sperm as well as testrone growth of male body including muscle devolp deeping the vioces and growth hair located in spectrum
hormone chemical messangers producded by the glands in the docrine system that regulate physiological functiions in the body plays a part in growth metablism mood functions and imbalance hormones can leady o deadly functions
endocrine system concest of glands organs, tissues that produce hormones and regaltes hormones
gland specialized cells or group that carry out there functions
receptor cell specialized protiens that dectacte and responds special signals playing roles in elleur comiuncations and sesnorcary perceptions
target cell red blood cells by a distictiive bullseye
estrogen hormones menatruation purbirty
progestrone mesnustration, pregancy and testrone production
testrone bo
insulin regulates blood sugar
cortisol produce by the adrenal gland regulates bodily functions as st
adrenline
vasopressin
growth hormone
postive feed back loop
negative feed back loop
type one diabetes
type two diabetes
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