Psychology endocrine system
Informatin on:
-Thyroid gland
- Ovaries
-Testes
-Pituitary Gland > Oxytocin and ATCH
-Cortisol
- Adrenal Gland > Cortex and Medulla
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- Created on: 01-03-19 12:29
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- ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
- Pituitary gland
- hormones that regulate homeostasis
- stimulates other endocrine glands to produce and secrete their own hormones
- known as the ‘master’ endocrine gland
- Releases a stimulating hormone
- OXYTOCIN
- stimulates muscle contractions in the uterus during childbirth.
- contractions cause the release of more oxytocin
- positive feedback reaction
- contractions cause the release of more oxytocin
- stimulates the breasts to release milk
- stimulates muscle contractions in the uterus during childbirth.
- ACTH
- hormone that stimulates the production of cortisol
- Thyroid Gland
- controls how quickly the body uses energy (metabolism)
- Produces Thyroxin
- hormones regulate the heart rate, the rate of metabolism and affect the growth and rate of function of many other systems in the body
- Adrenal Gland
- divided into two distinct anatomic and functional organs
- CORTISOL
- hormone that stimulates the production of cortisol
- regulating glucose, protein, and lipid metabolism
- suppressing the immune system's response
- helping to maintain blood pressure.
- Testes
- inhibin
- spermatogenesis
- Testosterone
- androgens
- Ovaries
- relaxin
- progesterone
- inhibin
- Estrogen
- Pituitary gland
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