Complementary therapies have a balancing effect on the endocrine system and on hormones. This is an important body system for students of the ITEC Level Anatomy and Physiology Course.
Chemical messengers – Hormones – are secreted into the bloodstream and travel to target organs to regulate their function
FUNCTIONS
• Concerned with regulating:
o Metabolism
o Growth
o Homeostasis
o Resistance to Stress
o Reproduction
PHYSIOLOGY
• Works alongside nervous system
• Hormones secreted directly into blood stream
• Travel to target cells which have receptor sites
• The negative feedback maintains optimum levels of hormones
• Hypothalamus provides direct link between nervous and endocrine systems
THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
ANATOMY
Consists of glands around the body that produce and secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream:
• Pituitary
• Thyroid
• Parathyroid
• Pineal
• Adrenals
• Gonads
• Pancreas
• Thymus
THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS &
THEIR HORMONES
Pituitary
Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH) – Vasopressin
Oxytocin
Prolactin
Growth Hormone (GH)
Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone (ACTH)
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
Luteinising Hormone (LH)
Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (MSH)
Thyroid
Thyroxine
Calcitonin
Parathyroid
Parathormone
Pineal
Secretes Melatonin
THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS &
THEIR HORMONES
Adrenal
Adrenal Medulla:
Adrenalin
Noradrenalin
Adrenal Cortex:
Glucocorticoids
Mineralocorticoids
Sex hormones
Ovaries
Oestrogen
Progesterone
Testes
Testosterone
Thymus
Thymosin
Pancreas
Special cells called the Islets of Langerhans secrete two hormones:
Insulin
Glucagon
THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
DISEASE AND DISORDERS
• Usually due to either:
o Underactivity or
o Overactivity of the gland
• Or pituitary tumour affecting many hormonal secretions
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