CVA - Endocrine system

• Parathyroid

  • located posterior to thyroid
  • regulates Ca levels in bloodstream
  • regulates breaking down bone and Ca going into bloodstream
  • indirectly regulates how much bone is laid down
• Hypothalamus

  • anterior to pituitary gland
  • growth hormone release-inhibiting hormone
  • Prolactin releasing
  • Corticotropin
  • melanotropin
• Pituary

  • Located in brain
  • direct release of hormones
  • release of regulatory hormone
• Thyroid

  • located in/near neck
  • Tyrosine T4 and 3, 5, 3'triidithyonine (T3)
• Adrenal

  • located on/near kidney
  • epinephrine or norepinephrine
• Endocrine gland - produces and secretes hormones; sends chemical signals to travel long distances through bloodstream
• The pituitary gland gets more complex across vertebrates