Summary Matric IEB Endocrine System

Chemical coordination
Aslow prolongedprocessof communicating informationthroughoutthebodybymeans of
chemicalsknownas
ethnansyofhormonesaresecreted endocrineglands specialglands
by
Notetheendocrinesystemworkshandinhandwiththenervoussystem

Hormones
Anorganicchemicalsubstancesecretedbyanendocrinegland
carriedinthebloodstreamtotargetorganswhere itregulatesmetabolicreactions
usuallyproteinsbutmaysometimesbeintheformof a steroid


Targetorgans
certaincellsthathormonesaffect
respond to agivenhormonebecausetheyhavereceptorsitesforthat hormone
canbeasingleglandorganorscatteredthroughoutthebody

EndocrineGlands
glandthatsecreteshormonesdirectlyintothebloodstream
vascularductless
chlysupplied
mmvgpoggys.ge carriedinthebloodstreamtotheir
targetorgans
egadrenalglands
Exocrineglands
secretetheirsecretionsintoducts

egsalivaryglands

, EndocrineGlands in the Human Body




The Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland The Thyroid Gland
secretesADH secretesTSHFSHLH secretesthyroxin
Prolactin GH
T.EEEfiine




The Pancreas
secretesinsulin glucagon The Adrenal Glands
secreteadrenalin




The Ovaries
secreteoestrogen progesterone
The Testes
secretetestosterone