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The endocrine is one of the most important systems of the body. There are two systems that control the body, endocrine and nervous. The endocrine is basically producing and managing your hormones, making sure there isn't too much or too little. In the pituitary gland alone you secrete 9 hormones such as:
1) Growth Hormone (GH) - which codes for your body to grow. If you have to much of this you have Giantism, which is lethal and you grow to be a giant. Those who have too little Growth hormones have a condition called Pituitary Dwarfism.
2)Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) - basically maintains your fluid volume. Monitoring your blood, water, urine, etc. volume, making sure you don't get dehydrated by not allowing the formation of urine. If your ADH levels are to low, you can get Diabetes Insipidus or suffer severe dehydration.
3) Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) - stimulates the thyroid to release the thyroid hormone. Decreased TSH levels can create Cretinism in children and increased levels can cause hyperthyroidism, Graves Disease, and similar.
4) Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) - causes the release of glucocorticoids (which are essential to life influencing the energy metabolism of most body cells and they help us resist stressors) and androgens. It is very rare to have decreased levels, however increased levels of ACTH cause Cushings Disease.
5) Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) - in females it stimulates ovarian follicle maturation and the production of estrogen. In males stimulates sperm production. Too little causes failure of sexual maturation while there is no effect should you have an overproduction.
6)Luteinizing Hormone (LH) - in females triggers ovulation and stimulates the ovarian production of estrogen and progesterone; in males LH promotes testosterone production. The effects of too high and too little are the same as for FSH.
7) Prolactin (PRL) - promotes lactation; too little causes poor milk production in nursing women while too high causes inappropriate milk production and impotence and breast enlargement.
8) Oxytocin - stimulates uterine contraction, stimulates labor, and initiates milk injection; there are no known effects for too high or too little amounts of Oxytocin.
9) Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) -
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Which two organ systems are most important in maintaining homeostasis?
The nervous system and the endocrine system are the most important organ systems in maintaining homeostasis. The nervous system responds quickly to stimuli, while the endocrine system regulates processes that require longer-term balance, such as metabolism and growth. Together, they coordinate and regulate bodily functions to ensure internal stability.
What endocrine gland is part both the nervous and the endocrine systems?
The hypothalamus is part of both the endocrine and nervous systems. This structure is found in the brain.
What Endocrine gland is part of both the nervous and endocrine systems?
The hypothalamus is part of both the endocrine and nervous systems. This structure is found in the brain.
What do both the endocrine and nervous systems allow you to do?
The endocrine and nervous systems allow your body to regulate body functions. The endocrine system does so through hormones, and the nervous system through nervous impulses.
What region of the diencephalon provides an important link between the endocrine and nervous systems?
Hypothalamus
What is the three differences in the behavior of the regulatory functions of the nervous and endocrine systems?
The endocrine systems work with the nervous system but they have a few different functions. The endocrine systems use hormones not nerves, the endocrine system is slower than the nervous system because it flows through the blood not the nerves, and the endocrine system also has gland and the nervous system does not.
What endocrine gland is part of both the nervous and the endocrine system?
The hypothalamus is part of both the endocrine and nervous systems. This structure is found in the brain.
What are the two body systems involved in regulation?
The nervous system and the endocrine system are the two major regulatory systems in the body.
What organ connects the endocrine and nervous systems?
hypothalamus
What oversees the endocrine and autonomic nervous systems?
Hypothalamus
What regulatory system controls the endocrine system?
The endocrine and nervous systems control the endocrine system. Messages from these systems cause the endocrine glands to change their production of hormones.
What 2 systems control homeostasis?
The two systems that control homeostasis in the body are the nervous system and the endocrine system. The nervous system helps to detect changes in the internal and external environment, while the endocrine system releases hormones to regulate and maintain a stable internal environment.
