Endocrine system

• What is the endocrine system?


  A series of glands that produce hormones that spread all though the body interacting with certain tissues
• what is the role(s) of the pituitary gland?


  .controuls growth in children

  .stimulates thyroid gland to make thyroxine to control rate of metabolism

  .ADH and growth hormone
• how does the pituitary gland link to the thyroid gland?


  it stimulates it to make thyroxine to controul the rate of metabolism
• what does the pituitary gland do specifically in women?


  stimulates ovaries to release eggs ands produce oestrogen
• what does the pituitary gland do specifically in men?


  stimulates testes to make sperm and testosterone
• Structure of endocrine system

  
• what does the thyroid do?


  contouls metabolic rate of body through production of thyroxine stimulated by TSH
• what does the pancreas do?


  controuls levels of glucose in blood by producing insulin
• what does the adrenal do?


  prepares body for stressful situations by producing Adrenalin
• what do the ovaries do?


  control the development of female secondary sexual characteristics and is involved in the mentrual cycle. is stimulated by FSH and produced oestrogen
• what do the testes do?


  control the development of the secondary male sexual characteristics and is involved in the production of sperm. produces testosterone