Endocrine System

• what are 4 factors of the endocrine systems in relation to homeostasis

  slow, lasts longer, spreads through the whole body but only affects the effector cells, transports through chemicals
• These hormones regulate metabolism, growth, development, body temperature, heart rate, and other bodily functions.
• The endocrine system is made up of glands that produce hormones which are released into the bloodstream to travel throughout the body.
• how do the messages travel through the endocrine system

  through the blood stream
• what are glands


  organs that release hormones into the blood stream
• the hormones only effect specific cells that have specific receptors to receive the message
• target cells


  attuned to the hormones carries through the body and respond in a particular way
• what is referred to as the master gland

  pituitary gland
• what is the pituitary gland


  it controls many other glands, stimulating them to release their own hormones
• the receptor triggers the release of hormones (chemical messengers) into the bloodstream. These hormones travel throughout the body until they reach specific target organs with receptors that can recognize them. Once a hormone binds to a receptor on a target organ, it triggers a cellular response (the effect).
• what is an example of the endocrine system in use

  your blood sugar rises

  that pancreases detects the rise, and releases insulin into the blood stream

  the insulin allows glucose into cells and this lowers the blood sugar levels