produces hormones regulating growth, metabolism, reproduction, blood pressure, and other vital body functions

regulates metabolism, energy levels, growth, and body temperature

produce hormones that regulate essential bodily functions

regulate blood sugar with hormones

producing, storing, and releasing eggs (oocytes) for fertilization

producing sperm and secreting hormones

chemical messengers secreted by glands into the bloodstream

regulate vital bodily functions, including metabolism, growth, development, tissue function, reproduction, sleep, and mood

regulate bodily functions, maintain homeostasis, and facilitate communication between cells

molecular sensors, detecting specific chemical and turning them into intracellular actions or electrical signals

regulate physiological processes like metabolism, growth, and homeostasis by altering internal activity binding with a ligand

controls the menstrual cycle, supports pregnancy, maintains bone density, and cardiovascular health, mood, and skin elasticity

prepares the uterus for pregnancy, maintains the uterine lining, and supports gestation by preventing contractions

maintaining libido, erectile function, and spermatogenesis

regulates glucose levels, acting as a key to allow glucose to enter cells for energy

helps regulate stress response, metabolism, blood sugar, blood pressure, and sleep-wake cycles

increasing heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen intake

regulate water retention, blood pressure, and osmolality

essential for stimulating linear growth in children, particularly bone and cartilage development

Positive Feedback Loop

intensifies a, system's output, driving processes away from their initial state to completion rather than maintaining stability

Negative Feedback Loop

maintain homeostasis by counteracting changes from a set point

the body mistakenly destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, leading to little to no insulin production

disrupts the body's ability to use insulin effectively or produce enough of it

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Endocrine Vocab

Term	Definition
Pineal Gland	produce melatonin
Hypothalamus	maintaining homeostasis
Pituitary Gland	produces hormones regulating growth, metabolism, reproduction, blood pressure, and other vital body functions
Thyroid Gland	regulates metabolism, energy levels, growth, and body temperature
Thymus	develop and train T-cells
Adrenal Gland	produce hormones that regulate essential bodily functions
Pancreas	regulate blood sugar with hormones
Ovary	producing, storing, and releasing eggs (oocytes) for fertilization
Testis	producing sperm and secreting hormones
Hormone	chemical messengers secreted by glands into the bloodstream
Endocrine System	regulate vital bodily functions, including metabolism, growth, development, tissue function, reproduction, sleep, and mood
Gland	regulate bodily functions, maintain homeostasis, and facilitate communication between cells
Receptor Cell	molecular sensors, detecting specific chemical and turning them into intracellular actions or electrical signals
Target Cell	regulate physiological processes like metabolism, growth, and homeostasis by altering internal activity binding with a ligand
Estrogen	controls the menstrual cycle, supports pregnancy, maintains bone density, and cardiovascular health, mood, and skin elasticity
Progesterone	prepares the uterus for pregnancy, maintains the uterine lining, and supports gestation by preventing contractions
Testosterone	maintaining libido, erectile function, and spermatogenesis
Insulin	regulates glucose levels, acting as a key to allow glucose to enter cells for energy
Cortisol	helps regulate stress response, metabolism, blood sugar, blood pressure, and sleep-wake cycles
Adrenaline	increasing heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen intake
Vasopressin	regulate water retention, blood pressure, and osmolality
Growth Hormone	essential for stimulating linear growth in children, particularly bone and cartilage development
Positive Feedback Loop	intensifies a, system's output, driving processes away from their initial state to completion rather than maintaining stability
Negative Feedback Loop	maintain homeostasis by counteracting changes from a set point
Type 1 Diabetes	the body mistakenly destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, leading to little to no insulin production
Type 2 Diabetes	disrupts the body's ability to use insulin effectively or produce enough of it

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