The Endocrine System Chapter 17
- Overview
- Endocrine system
- hormones
- Endocrinology
- Target cells
- Effects
- Slow
- Pituitary & Hypothalamus
- Location
- Posterior pituitary
- hormones
- oxytocin
- antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
- Anterior pituitary
- hormones
- growth hormone (somatotropin)
- insulin-like growth factors
- thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
- T3 & T4
- adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
- corticosteroid hormones
- gonadotropins
- follicle stimulating hormone
- luteinizing hormone
- prolactin
- Thyroid
- Location
- Hormones
- thyroid hormone (TH)
- T4 & T3
- goiter
- Graves' disease
- Calcitonin
- Parathyroid
- Location
- Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
- Adrenal Gland
- Location
- Adrenal cortex
- corticosteroids
- mineralocorticoids
- glucocorticoids
- gonadocorticoids
- Adrenal medulla
- catecholamines
- epinephrine (adrenaline)
- norepinephrine (noradrenalin)
- Pineal Gland
- Location
- MelatoninPancreas
- Location
- pancreatic islets
- Hormones
- insulin
- b cells
- glucagon
- a cells
- effects
- glycogenolysis
- gluconeogenesis
- Diseases
- diabetes mellitus
- ketone bodies
- ketoacidosis
- hyperinsulinism
- Gonads
- Ovaries
- estrogen & progesterone
- Testes
- testosterone
- Placenta
- human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) hormone
- Other Endocrine Glands & Tissues
- Adipose tissue
- leptin
- resistin
- adiponectin
- Enteroendocrine cells
- gastrin
- secretin
- cholecystokinin (CKK)
- incretins
- Kidneys
- erythropoietin
- renin
- Bone
- osteoclacin
- Skin
- cholacalciferol
- Thymus
- thymulin, thymopoietins, thymosins