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A 10 page overview of the endocrine system. Includes specific information on the Ovary (follicle and corpus luteum), Testis, Pancreas, Adrenal glands (medulla and cortex), Thymus, Parathyroid gland, Thyroid, Posterior pituitary gland, Anterior pituitary gland, Hypothalamus and the Pineal gland as well as on their function, hormones, and regulators. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Endocrine glands are distinctive in that they have no ducts through which they secrete their products, instead they release these products directly into the interstitial fluid or blood (Anthony and
Thibodeau, 1983). All vertebrates have the same collection of endocrine glands and all are dependent on the same hormones (Hickman, Hickman, and Hickman, 1974). Although invertebrates have
an endocrine system as well it is simplistic in comparison to that of the vertebrates and shares few, if any, of the homologies (Hickman, Hickman, and Hickman, 1974). The
endocrine glands found in vertebrates include the Ovary (follicle and corpus luteum), Testis, Pancreas, Adrenal glands (medulla and cortex), Thymus, Parathyroid gland, Thyroid, Posterior pituitary gland, Anterior pituitary gland, Hypothalamus
and the Pineal gland (Anthony and Thibodeau, 1983). Each of these glands function in different manners synthesizing hormones anabolically and releasing specific hormones which are critical to the physiologies
of the organism (Anthony and Thibodeau, 1983). These hormones profound impact on physiology even in minute quantities (Hickman, Hickman, and Hickman, 1974). In a recent article
in USA Today Steve Sternberg (1997, PG) succinctly describes the function of the endocrine system and hormones: "When it works normally, the endocrine system orchestrates a host of exquisitely
timed bodily processes. In a sense, it serves as a conductor, wielding hormones rather than a baton. By secreting hormones, endocrine glands send messages throughout the body, signaling tissues to
build bone, sustain blood vessels and carry out tasks essential to reproduction". The hormones produced by the endocrine glands are relatively large and are formed either solely of
protein compounds or by a combination of protein compounds and steroid compounds (Anthony and Thibodeau, 1983). An example of an endocrine gland produced hormone is the human growth hormone.
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