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Produces chemicals that control the body’s daily functions
Made of 9 glands
Produce and release hormones into the bloodstream
Hormones (chemical messengers) regulated through a Negative Feedback system (system is turned off by the condition it produces)
Gland
Location
Function
Hormone
Hormone Function
Inside your brain
Connect nervous system to endocrine system;
Regulates temp, hunger, thirst, fatigue & anger;
Controls Pituitary gland
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Pituitary
Base of brain
Controls all other glands, Stimulating growth,
regulating blood pressure and water regulation.
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Thyroid
In neck on trachea
Tells the body how much energy to burn
Parathyroid
4 nodes on back of
thyroid
Divides up calcium between blood and bones
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Thymus
Behind sternum in
chest
Part of immune system- creates and stores T cells
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Adrenal
On top of kidneys
Regulates metabolism, fight or flight
Adrenaline
Controls fight or flight response
Pancreas
Bottom of stomach
and top of small
intestine
Produces digestive enzymes and insulin
Insulin
Processes glucose from blood
Scrotum
Produces sex hormones and sperm
Testosterone
Regulates puberty, helps sperm find
and fertilize egg
Attached to uterus
Produces eggs, releases sex hormone, releases eggs
Estrogen
Regulates menstruation & puberty
Hypothalamus
Testis
Ovaries
Thyroxin
Progesterone
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Regulates metabolism