ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

What

• Glands that secrete hormones
• Hormones have multiple uses
• Diabetes 1
• Diabetes 2
• Thyroid Cancer

ORGANS

• Hypothalamus of the brain
• Pituitary
• Thyroid
• Paralathoid
• Adrenal

ORGANS CONT.

• Ovaries
• Testes
• Pineal gland
• Thymus

HYPOTHALAMUS

• Center of the brain
• Hormones: Temperature, thirst, hunger, sleep, circadian rhythm
• moods, sex drive.
• Disease: Kallmann's syndrome: Lower sex drive + inability to smell

PITUITARY GLAND

• Base of brain
• Metabolism, growth, sexual maturation, reproduction, blood pressure
• Disease: Pituitary tumor

THYROID

• Located in neck
• Controls metabolism
• Disease: Graves disease, too many hormones

PARALATHOID

• In the neck
• Regulate calcium levels
• Disease: Hyperparalathoidism: tumor

ADRENAL

• Sit on top of kidney
• Cortex+Medulia: Cortisol, aldosterone, adreneline
• Disease: Addisons Disease

OVARIES

• Either side of womb
• Produce reproductive hormones
• Disease: Polycystic ovary syndrome

TESTES

• Located near the pelvis
• Produce testosterone
• Disease: Testicular cancer

PINEAL GLAND

• Center of brain
• Produces melatonin, contibutes to sleep cycles
• Disease: Pineal tumors

THYMUS

• Center of lungs
• Largest in children-Help healthy immune system
• Disease: Thymoma - Cancer of Thymus

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