Myxoedema Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A summary of the human endocrine system including chemical co-ordination, disorders caused by hormones, secretion of hormones for specific processes, the workings of the islet of langerhans, insulin, glucose, glucagon, glycogen, negative feedback mechanisms, homeostasis, steroids, use of hormones in sport and values of hormones in the body.

The endocrine system consist of a group of organs or glands whose main functions is to produce and secrete hormones to the blood stream. Hormones serve as messengers to coordinate activities of various part of the body The major organs of the endocrine system are the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, the islets of pancrease, testes and ovaries, the placenta acts as an endocrine gland in addition to its other function. The hypothalamus secretes several hormones w...

These notes are very helpful summaries of all of the diseases in paper 1. They cover all of the diseases in the Endocrine system, the Reproductive System and Genetics. These are the diseases in the Grade 12 Mind Action Series Life Science textbook that will be tested on in the final IEB Life Science Examination. These notes are useful as it helps you learn all of the diseases in one go, instead of flipping back and forth in your textbook.