vocab
what is the chemical reactions in the body's cells that change food into energy.
Metabolism
A natural substance that regulates the body that travels through tissue fluids.
What is a Hormone?
An activity requiring physical effort.
What is exercise?
What is defined as an irreversible constant increase in size, and development is defined as growth in psychomotor capacity.
Growth and development
A small region in the forebrain that coordinates the activity of the nervous system and the pituitary gland.
What is Hypothalamus?
Balancing what you eat
healthy diet
is an intense feeling that is short-term and is typically directed at a source.what is a state of mind that tends to be less intense than an emotion, and does not necessarily need a contextual stimulus.
Emotions and Mood
A small gland attached to the brain and controls the growth of other glands.
What is the Pituitary Gland?
routinely visit your health specialist
Go for regular medical checkups.
The ability to produce gametes and create embryo's
Fertility and sexual function
A large ductless gland in the neck that secretes growth hormones.
What is Thyroid?
checking with your health specialist that That you can take a medication
Talk to the doctor before taking any supplements or herbal treatments.
A natural temporary state of rest in which an individual becomes physically inactive and unaware of the surrounding environment and many bodily functions.
A gland next to the thyroid that regulates calcium levels in the body.
What is a Parathyroid?
telling your health specialist if there has been people related to you with problems for their endocrine system or diseases .
Let the doctor know about any family history of endocrine problems, such as diabetes or thyroid problems.