Endocrine System
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| Hypothalamus | Coordinates the autonomic nervous system and the activity of the pituitary controlling body temperature, thirst, hunger, and other homeostatic systems, and involved in sleep and emotional activity.
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| Pituitary | Controls growth and development and the functioning of the other endocrine glands
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| Pineal Gland | A pea-sized conical mass of tissue behind the third ventricle of the brain, secreting a hormone like substance
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| TH/Thyroid Gland | Secretes hormones regulating growth and development through the rate of metabolism.
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| PTH/Parathyroid Gland | Produce parathyroid hormone
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| Adrenal Gland | Produces glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and androgenic hormones and an ectodermal medulla that produces epinephrine and norepinephrine
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| Oxytocin | Causes increased contraction of the uterus during labor and stimulates the ejection of milk into the ducts of the breasts.
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| Mineralocorticoids | Aldosterone (sodium retention) involved with maintaining the salt balance in the body.
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| Glucocorticoids | Cortisol (metabolism, ant-inflammatory)
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| Gonadocorticoids | Sex hormones
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| Pancreas | Secretes digestive enzymes into the duodenum
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| Alpha cells/Glucagon | The breakdown of glycogen to glucose in the liver.
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| Beta cells/Insulin | Regulates the amount of glucose in the blood
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| hCG/Chronic Gonadotropin | Maintain corpus luteum function.
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| Estrogen | Promote the development and maintenance of female characteristics of the body.
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| Progesterone | Released by the corpus luteum that stimulates the uterus to prepare for pregnancy.
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| Testosterone | Stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.
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| Gastrin | Stimulates HCI release
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| Secretin | Stimulates liver and pancreas.
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| Cholecystokinin | Sphincters of pancreas & gallbladder.
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| Serotonin | Constricts the blood vessels and acts as a neurotransmitter.
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| Leptin | Appetite control
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| Resistin | Insulin antagonist
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| Adiponectin | Enhances sensitivity to Insulin
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| ANP/Atrial Natriuretic Peptide | Decreases Na+
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| EPO/Erythropoietin | RBC production
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| Renin | Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone mechanism (increases BP)
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| Osteocalcin | Insulin secretion, reduces body fat, improves glucose
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| Cholecalciferol | Vitamin D precursor
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| Thymus | T lymphocyte's mature.
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| Thymulin | T cell development non-apeptide.
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| Thymopoietins | T cell development involved in the induction of CD90 in the thymus.
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| Thymosins | T cell development hormone of the thymus, and it stimulates the development of disease-fighting T cells .
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| Catecholamine's | Epinephrine, Norepinephrine, & Dopamine.
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