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Endocrine System
The endocrine system is made up of glands which control and coordinate body functions and maintain homeostasis inside the body.
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Your thyroid cartilage clicks when you swallow?
I have struggled with this since January 2008. It will be a year since I have had this. It is very frustrating. Through all my research, doctor visits, and imaging tests, I have found that this is an asymmetry of the thyroid cartilage. It is either dealt with and see if it resolves on its own or, if symptoms worsen, have surgery to trim the cartilage where it is causing the problem. They do this surgery at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City department of otolaryngology. It is possible there are other reasons but I have had an MRI with contrast and CT with contrast that were negative and the asymmetric thyroid cartilage is what I have been concluded to have.
What is the hypothalamic hormone responsible for the stress response?
Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH)
How does the endocrine system cool your body temperature down?
trys to keep the body at 98.6 degreews and will try its best to cool you doen when it higher than 98.6 and will try to warm you up when lower than 98.6
What is the prognosis for people with pituitary tumors?
Pituitary tumors are usually curable. Following surgery, adults may gradually resume their normal activities, and children may return to school when the effects of the operation have diminished, and appetite and sense of well-being have returned.
What is the name of the glands in your neck?
I don't know if there are more, but most likely you are referring to the "tonsils".....i want to add to this answer...the main one is THYROID...that can stuff up alot in your body
How feedback loops in the nervous and endocrine systems regulate conditions in the body?
feedback loops maintain balance and homeostasis.
What are the signs for over active thyroid?
An overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism), may cause you to experience unusual nervousness, restlessness, anxiety and irritability.
- Difficulty sleeping
- Fatigue
- A rapid or irregular heartbeat
- A fine tremor of your hands or fingers
- An increase in perspiration
- Sensitivity to heat
- Weight loss, despite normal food intake
- Brittle hair
- Enlargement of your thyroid gland (goiter)
- Change in menstrual cycles
- Frequent bowel movements
Is a mammary gland an endocrine gland?
It's a modified sweat gland. Milk is essentially modified sweat, which is produced by mammary glands. Sebaceous glands produce sebum, which is this oily substance designed to lubricate skin and hair. This prevents the cells from drying out.
What is the difference between parathyoid and thyroid?
Calcitonin is produced by the thyroid and serves to build up or strengthen bones, it activates the oseoblasts, producing a decrease in calcium concentration
PTH or the Parathyroid Hormone is produced by the parathyroid gland and serves to increase calcium concentration by activating the osteoclast, which break down bone.
Source
Introduction to the Human Body
by Gerard Tortora and Bryan Derrickson
Why are the nervous and endocrine systems important?
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) -
Hey my name is Julee and doctors have been telling my i have hyperthyroidism as well as graves disease for years now. My level was the exact same ... 0.26 TSH and 8.4 for T4 Total. I feel weak and have alot of anxiety. My heart races alot and i am also tiered all the time.
Why was glucose excreted in urine?
glucose is excreted in urine in diabetes when the blood sugar level is beyond normal and insulin is not enough or not doing the job of transporting sugar to its target organ.
The main reason is that because the kidneys cannot absorb all of the excess glucose in the body. This excess glucose spills into the urine, accompanied by water and electrolytes ions necessary for the cells to regulate the electric charge and flow of water molecules across the cell membrane. Hence this causes frequent urination to get rid of the additional water drawn into the urine and excessive thirst to trigger replacement of lost water.
What is the chemical symbol for the hormone adrenaline?
The human hormone adrenaline (epinephrine in the US) has the chemical form
(R)-4-(1-hydroxy-2-(methylamino)ethyl)benzene-1,2-diol and the formula C9H13NO3.
An illustration of the structural symbol is at the related link below.
The pineal gland (also called the pineal body, epiphysis cerebri, epiphysis, conarium or the "third eye") is a small endocrine gland in the vertebrate brain. It produces the serotonin derivative melatonin, a hormone that affects the modulation of wake/sleep patterns and seasonal functions. Its shape resembles a tiny pine cone (hence its name), and it is located near the centre of the brain, between the two hemispheres, tucked in a groove where the two rounded thalamic bodies join.
Which system the nervous system or the endocrine systemis best suited to detect danger?
The nervous system
Is thyroid a hereditary problem?
Thyroidism can in fact, be hereditary. I myself, have low thyriod, along with my mother. If you someone in your family has thyroidism and you're worried that may be you have thyroid disease, then you should see a Endocrinologist like I did.
* Syptoms vary because there are two types of thyroidism. There's hypo- and hyper thyroidism. But again, consult a Endocrinologist as they are doctors specialized in Thyroid disorders, Diabtese, etc.
What occurs if the thyroid gland or the pancreas produces too much or too little hormone?
ok for now on when we get on this site we want the answers not your immaturetiy
What part of the brain controls the release of hormones by the endocrine system?
Hypothalamus, which is the floor of Diencephalon ( a part of our Fore brain).
Can vegetarianism lead to low thyroid levels?
Anyone can go on a vegan diet it's a matter of eating a healthy balanced vegan diet. Edamame, seaweed, legumes, nuts, carrots, green leafy vegetables, kale, broccoli and mustard can are some of the foods that can supress or stimulate the thyroid. Depending on the condition you would need to look into which foods you would need.
The adrenals and pituitary are examples of endocrine glands?
Yes, an adrenal gland is an endocrine gland. There are two adrenal glands: one sits above each kidney.
