Functions
Regulates the level of glucose (sugar)
Insulin hormone
The two parts of the pituitary gland
Anterior and posterior lobes
The powerhouse of the endocrine system
The pituitary gland
When hormones were discovered
20th Century
When the parathyroid makes too many hormones
Parathyroid disease
Regulates the wake-sleep cycle
Melatonin
Butterfly shaped in the lower part of the neck
Thyroid gland
Affects male characteristics
Testosterone hormone
Most common endocrine disease in the US
Diabetes
Not enough thyroid hormone being produced
Hypothyroidism
Two functions of the thyroid gland
Bone growth, metabolism, maintain blood pressure, development of brain, heart rate, digestion
Two different parts of the pancreas
Exocrine and endocrine
Two pairs of small glands on either side of the thyroid
Parathyroid glands
What hormones affect
Almost every organ and cell in the body
The body's ability to produce or respond to insulin is impaired
Diabetes
Regulates the hormones the pituitary gland releases
The hypothalamus
The outer part of the adrenal glands
The cortex
Affects female characteristics
Estrogen and progesterone
Number of hormones produced by the endocrine system
30 hormones
Abnormal growth causing excessive production of certain hormones
Pituitary tumour
Helps cope with physical and emotional stress
Catecholames (Adrenaline)
Prolactin, growth hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotropin, luteinizing and follicle stimulating hormone
Anterior Pituitary hormones
Two parts of the adrenal glands
Cortex and Medulla adrenal
Why it took so long for scientists to discover hormones
They didn't know there was chemical messaging between organs
Adrenal insufficiency from not enough of the hormone cortisol
Addison's disease