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The document summarizes key aspects of the endocrine system, including: 1) It coordinates slower responses to stimuli compared to the nervous system and regulates growth and homeostasis. 2) Hormones can be protein or steroid based, with different solubility and receptor interaction properties. 3) Feedback loops, second messengers, glands, and hormone interactions are described, highlighting control of processes like metabolism and development. 4) The hypothalamus, pituitary and thyroid glands interact in regulatory pathways, while other glands like the pancreas and gonads produce hormones controlling functions like blood sugar and sexual development.
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This document provides an overview of the endocrine system and hormones. It discusses the discovery of hormones in 1902 by Bayliss and Starling. It defines hormones and describes the principal functions of the endocrine system in maintaining homeostasis, growth, development, and reproduction. It compares the endocrine and nervous systems and describes different types of cell signaling. It provides details on the major endocrine glands and hormones, hormone classification, mechanisms of hormone action, and feedback control of hormone secretion.
Endocrine system
The hypothalamus monitors conditions in the body and signals the pituitary gland if corrections are needed; the pituitary then releases hormones that target other endocrine glands, such as the thyroid, pancreas, and adrenals, stimulating them to produce hormones like thyroxine, insulin, and cortisol to regulate processes maintaining homeostasis, including metabolism, blood sugar levels, stress response, and more. The endocrine system allows for coordinated chemical control and communication between remote tissues and organs.
Endocrine system
The hypothalamus monitors conditions in the body and signals the pituitary gland if corrections are needed; the pituitary then releases hormones that target other endocrine glands, such as the thyroid, pancreas, and adrenals, stimulating them to produce hormones like thyroxine, insulin, and cortisol to regulate processes maintaining homeostasis, including metabolism, blood sugar levels, stress response, and more. The endocrine system allows for coordinated chemical control and communication between remote tissues and organs.
Endocrine system
The hypothalamus monitors conditions in the body and signals the pituitary gland if corrections are needed; the pituitary then releases hormones that target other endocrine glands, such as the thyroid, pancreas, and adrenals, stimulating them to produce hormones like thyroxine, insulin, and cortisol to regulate processes maintaining homeostasis, including metabolism, blood sugar levels, stress response, and more. These glands work through feedback loops and together to keep the internal environment stable.
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The endocrine system uses hormones to regulate processes in the body. The hypothalamus monitors conditions in the body and signals the pituitary gland as needed. The pituitary gland is the "master gland" that secretes hormones to stimulate other endocrine glands. These glands include the thyroid, adrenals, ovaries/testes, and pancreas. Hormones from these glands control processes like metabolism, stress response, growth, and reproduction through negative feedback loops to maintain homeostasis.
Endocrine Glands; Secretion&Action Of Harmones
The document summarizes key aspects of endocrine glands and hormones. It describes how hormones are secreted into the blood and carried to target cells containing receptor proteins. Hormones affect metabolism in target organs and help regulate body processes. The major types of hormones include amines, polypeptides, proteins, lipids, and glycoproteins. Hormones can act through nuclear receptors, second messengers, or tyrosine kinase pathways to produce effects in target cells. The pituitary gland contains anterior and posterior lobes that secrete trophic and other hormones important for regulation.
Endocrine Glands; Secretion&Action Of Harmones
The document summarizes key aspects of endocrine glands and hormones. It describes how endocrine glands secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream to target distant cells. Hormones can be classified based on their chemical structure as amines, polypeptides, lipids, glycoproteins, or prohormones/prehormones. Hormones act through nuclear receptors, second messengers, or tyrosine kinase pathways to regulate metabolism, growth, and reproduction. The pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and pancreatic glands are described in terms of their hormone secretions and functions.
Endocrine System
The endocrine system controls the body through chemical messengers called hormones. Glands such as the pituitary, thyroid, pancreas and ovaries secrete hormones that travel through the bloodstream and trigger responses in target cells. Hormones can be proteins that bind to cell surface receptors or lipids that pass into cells to regulate gene expression. Conditions like Cushing's syndrome and Addison's disease occur when the endocrine system produces too much or too little cortisol and other hormones.
Hormonal cordination in animals
The document discusses the endocrine system in animals. It describes 10 endocrine glands - the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, pineal gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, thymus gland, adrenal glands, pancreas, testes, and ovaries. Each gland secretes specific hormones that help coordinate and regulate important body functions like growth, metabolism, sexual development, stress response, and reproduction. Working together, the neural and endocrine systems allow for complex multi-cellular organisms to function in a coordinated manner.
1-ENDOCRINOLOGY-Part-I.PPT PART OF THE HUMAN BODY
What Is Endocrinology?
The Basics
Endocrinology is a branch of medicine that deals with the endocrine system, which controls the hormones in your body. An endocrinologist is a physician who specializes in the field of endocrinology. Endocrinologists diagnose and treat a wide range of conditions affecting the endocrine system, including diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders, osteoporosis, growth hormone deficiency, infertility, cholesterol problems, hypertension (high blood pressure), obesity and more.
How the Endocrine System Works
The endocrine system’s glands and organs release hormones that regulate a number of vital functions of our body. These glands include the hypothalamus, pineal body, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroids, adrenals, pancreas, testes and ovaries.
The hormones in your body all have specific jobs to complete. There are up to 40 different hormones circulating in your blood at any time. Once released into the bloodstream, a hormone travels throughout the body until it reaches its specific destination(s) to perform its function. These destinations, called targets, can be located either on other endocrine glands or on other organs and tissues in the body.
When a hormone reaches its target, it tells that part of your body what work to do, when to do it and for how long. Hormones are often referred to as the “messengers” because they help different parts of the body communicate. Overall, they are involved in many different processes in the body, including:
Blood sugar control
Growth and development
Metabolism (the process of getting and maintaining energy in the body)
Regulation of heart rate and blood pressure
Sexual development and function
Reproduction
Mood
What Happens When the Endocrine System Does Not Work?
Hormonal function is a balancing act. Too much or too little of one hormone can have an impact on the release of other hormones. If this hormonal imbalance occurs, some of your body’s systems will not work properly.
These imbalances can often be corrected by the body itself. Your body has built-in mechanisms to keep track of and respond to any changes in hormone levels to bring them back to normal and restore the balance.
Sometimes, however, this system goes wrong and there can be a problem that the body can’t fix itself. In this case, a primary care physician will refer you to an endocrinologist, who is an expert in treating frequently complex (and often chronic) conditions which can involve several different systems within the body.
The Anatomy of the Endocrine System
The endocrine system is made up of a collection of glands. Each gland has a specific function in the body, and all these glands work together to regulate vital functions of our body.
Adrenal glands
Located just above the kidneys, adrenal glands are responsible for the secretion of several hormones which maintain the body’s salt and water balance that in turn regulate blood pressure, help the body cope with and respond to stress, regulate body meta
Endocrine system
The document discusses various types of chemical signals in the body including hormones, neurotransmitters, and pheromones. It describes where these signals are produced, how they travel to target cells, and the responses they elicit by binding to receptors. Specific examples covered include hormones secreted by the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, adrenal glands, ovaries/testes, and posterior pituitary. The roles and mechanisms of various hormone types such as peptides, steroids, and eicosanoids are also summarized.
Hormonal regulation
Hormones act through receptor-mediated pathways. They bind to receptors on target cells and induce responses. There are several types of hormone receptors, including cell surface receptors like G protein-coupled receptors and tyrosine kinase receptors, as well as intracellular/nuclear receptors found within cells. Hormones are synthesized in various glands and organs throughout the body, then travel through the bloodstream to target tissues to exert their effects, such as regulating metabolism, growth, and development. Hormone receptors trigger intracellular signaling cascades that alter cellular functions. Antagonists can block hormone receptors to inhibit their actions.
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