The document summarizes the endocrine system and how it uses hormones as chemical messengers to regulate bodily functions. It describes the major glands that produce hormones like the pituitary, thyroid, ovaries, testes, and adrenal glands. It explains how hormones work through feedback loops, often stimulating or inhibiting other glands. Hormones produced include insulin, estrogen, testosterone, thyroid hormones, and others that control growth, metabolism, sexual development, and other critical processes.
The document summarizes the endocrine system and how it uses hormones as chemical messengers to regulate bodily functions. It describes the major glands that produce hormones like the pituitary, thyroid, ovaries, testes, and adrenal glands. It explains how hormones work through feedback loops, often stimulating or inhibiting other glands. Hormones produced include insulin, estrogen, testosterone, thyroid hormones, and others that control growth, metabolism, sexual development, and other critical processes.
