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WARM UP
1. List 7 words or phrases you
think of when you hear the
term hormones.
Endocrine System
Endocrine System
• Slow control
• Many glands
– Produce hormones
• Signaling chemicals that
affect cells with receptors
Major Organs
• Hypothalamus
• Pituitary
• Pineal
Major Organs
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Thyroid
Parathyroid
Thymus
Adrenals
Pancreas
Testes (Male)
Ovaries (Female)
Hormone Functions
• Pineal
– Melatonin
• Biological clock
• Hypothalamus
(released by pituitary)
– Antidiuretic hormone
• Water conservation
Hormone Functions
• Pituitary
– Growth hormone
– Corticotropin
• Stimulates adrenals
– Thyrotropin
• Stimulates thyroid
Hormone Functions
• Thyroid
– Thyroxine and triiodothyronine
• Growth, development, energy
– Calcitonin
• Calcium to bones
• Parathyroid
– Parathyroid hormone
• Calcium to blood
Hormone Functions
• Adrenals
– Cortisol
• Glucose
– Aldosterone
• Sodium conservation
– Epinephrine and norepinephrine
• “Adrenaline”
Hormone Functions
• Pancreas
– Insulin
• Lowers blood glucose
– Glucagon
• Increases blood glucose
• Thymus
– Thymosins
• Immunity
Hormone Functions
• Ovaries (Female)
– Estrogens and Progesterone
• Reproductive functions
• Testes (Male)
– Testosterone
• Reproductive functions
WRAP UP
• Compare and contrast the endocrine
system and the nervous system.
WARM UP
• List the 10 organs of the
endocrine system, and one
hormone produced by each.
WRAP UP
• List 5 hormones produced by the
endocrine system, and describe
the function of each.