Endocrine System By Katie Ust

Function  Regulate the body  Regulates metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, and mood

Homeostasis  Homeostasis regulates the internal environment of the body, and keeps it balanced  Hypothalamus, which is the control center of the endocrine system, mediates between the nervous and endocrine systems to maintain homeostasis

Negative Feedback  Negative feedback is used by the endocrine system to maintain homeostasis by regulating the secretion of relevant hormones.

Thyroid Function  The hypothalamus can detect the inadequacy of thyroid hormones like thyroxine  It releases hypothalamin and activaves the pituitary cells responsible for secretion  The anterior pituitary releases thyrotropin, which activates thyroxine to fix the hormone imbalance to create homeostasis.

Diabetes Type 1  Results from the body’s failure to produce insulin and requires the person to inject insulin. Type 2  Results from insulin resistance in which cells fail to use insulin properly.  Also results from high blood pressure and lifestyle choices

Conn’s Syndrome  Caused by adrenal hyperplasia and adrenal carcinoma  Surgery and medications such as spironolactone or eplerenone, which block the effect of aldosterone.  Without treatment sufferers usually have poorly controled high blood pressure, stroke, or heart disease.

Sources  Nativeremedies.com/articles/endocrine- system-and-homeostasis.html  Wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrine_disease#_