1. Endocrine System Made up of its glands and hormones
The glands are called ductless
The release hormones directly into the blood stream

2. The blood stream transports hormones throughout the body.
Each hormone acts on a certain type of tissue called its target tissue.

3. Pituitary Location: Base of Brain Hormone: Growth hormone
Function: stimulates the elongation of bones in the body.

5. Hypothalamus Controls the pituitary gland
Receives information from the nervous system

6. Thymus
Helps develop the immune system

7. Parathyroid Location: embedded in back of thyroid gland.
Hormone: Parathormone
Function: Controls the metabolism of calcium

8. Adrenal Gland Location: on top of kidney Hormone: Adrenaline
Function: Raises blood sugar level and increases heart beat and breathing rates.

9. Islets of lagerphones Location: Pancreas Hormones: Insulin
Function: Stimulates glucose uptake by cells.
Hormone: Glucagon
Function: Promote conversion (change of glycogen to glucose)

10. Ovary’s Hormone: estrogen
Function: Help develop secondary characteristics in females.

11. The Testes The testes secrete male sex hormones called androgens.
Testosterone is an androgen that affects the secondary characteristics in men.

12. Thyroid Gland Located in the neck in front of the trachea
Thyroid gland releases the hormone thyroxine.
Function: regulates the rate of metabolism.

13. Goiter Not enough iodine in the diet (iodine defiance)
Causes swelling of the thyroid gland

14. Goiter

17. Diabetes
Undersecretion of insulin.
High blood sugar

18. Gigantism

19. Gigantism 12 year old boy Measure 6-5 Oversecreation of growth hormone
Occurs during childhood

20. Tallest man 8 feet 11 inches.

22. At 7'4" and 500 pounds, Andre the Giant could have been famous for his size alone. His drive, talent and ambition, however, proved to be as big as Andre himself, and the wrestler became legendary for his achievements in and out of the ring.

24. Acromegaly Occurs in adults Bones of hands face and feet are enlarged
Do to the release of growth hormone.

25. Dwarfism
Under secretion of growth hormone during childhood.