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    2016 The Endocrine System The Endocrine System is an extremely important system in the body, and is much needed for homeostasis and the survival of the organism. The Endocrine System consists of many components but is made up of Endocrine glands which have no ducts and usually secrete their hormones directly into the tissue fluid. It also contains many tissues that secrete hormones. The glands of the Endocrine system are located throughout the body but are mostly central to the body. The system has many

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    of the pituitary gland secrete various hormones for various functions. The function of the thyroid gland is to increase the metabolic rate to speed digestion. Now that the endocrine glands of the head and neck area have been introduced, now the glands of the upper and lower torso will be introduced and overviewed. The endocrine gland located in the upper torso is the thymus gland, in the lower torso the adrenal glands, pancreas, and testis/ovaries can be found. The function of the thymus gland is

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    diverse systems in the body, the endocrine system is much of the time overlooked and is easily confused with the excretory system. The endocrine system works with the nervous system in order to maintain homeostasis in the body. Independently the endocrine system is a small group of glands located throughout the body, which include the pineal, adrenal, and thymus glands. Each gland in the endocrine system produces, stores, and releases hormones so when working properly the endocrine system plays an

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    The Endocrine System The function of the endocrine system is to regulate the body functions by the use of hormones. The structure of the endocrine system is therefore the structure and location of all the main endocrine glands. The pituitary gland, thyroid, pancreas, adrenal glands, and the sex glands (testes) are some of the more important ones, but there are several others. The glands secrete hormones directly in to the blood, which act as messengers. The nature of

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    Endocrine System Paper The endocrine system is the accumulation of organs that create hormones that direct digestion system, development and advancement, tissue capacity, sexual capacity, generation, rest, and state of mind, in addition to other things. Homeostasis is maintained by regulation of body temperature, pulse, pH, glucose centration, etc. A. How the Endocrine System interact with the Nervous, Digestive, Urinary and reproductive system? Nervous System- the Hypothalamus connects the

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    The Glands of the Endocrine System 5 The Glands of the Endocrine System The endocrine system is vital in maintaining homeostasis in the human body. Each gland of the endocrine system produces and releases hormones that enter the blood stream and travels to specific target organs. It is critical for this system to function properly in order to live a full life. The endocrine systems hormones are the chemical messengers that control many systems of the body. These messengers control metabolism

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    Endocrine System:
 Hormones are chemical substances that act as messengers in the body. They are produced in endocrine glands scattered throughout the body. Together all these glands form the endocrine system.

The endocrine system is coordinated by the pituitary gland, which responds to information from the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus is a portion of the brain and is made of nervous tissue. It constantly checks the internal environment — that is, the conditions within the tissues, organs and

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    Unlike plants, humans require organs and systems to produce hormones. One of the major systems we need is the endocrine system. The endocrine system is the collection of glands of an organism which secrete hormones directly into the circulatory system, which then distributes the hormones to specific organs. The main endocrine glands include the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, pineal gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, adrenal glands, pancreas, gonads(testes, ovaries) and thymus. Each have specific

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    What does the Endocrine System do for my body?     Among the Endocrine system is seven glands that secretes a specific hormone throughout the body for its regularity. WIth that being said the hypothalamus, in the brain, is in charge of theses secretions through the pituitary gland or hypophysis. The pituitary gland consists of the anterior portion and the posterior portion. Both of these portions have different functions and secretions of hormones. In the posterior part of the pituitary, the hormones

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    Endocrine System Iesha Alexander, Racquel Shannon, Jerome Crumsey & Richard Parker Dorsey School of Nursing BIO 102 Endocrine System The endocrine system is inclusive of the glands of the body and the hormones they secrete. The secretion of these hormones helps to control numerous bodily functions. Hormones are chemicals that work in correlation with your body’s systems to function properly! These hormones are secreted directly into the bloodstream. Some of the systems controlled by the endocrine

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