Endocrine system

• What do glands produce?

  Hormones
• Where are hormones secreted?

  Into the bloodstream
• Endocrine system

  A) Hypothalamus

  B) Pituitary

  C) Thyroid

  D) Parathyroid

  E) Adrenals

  F) Pancreas

  G) Ovaries

  H) Testes

  
• What is a gland?

  An organ in the body that produces hormones
• What is a hormone?

  A substance that circulates in the blood but only affects target organs
• What is the pituitary gland often called?

  The 'master gland'
• Which gland controls the release of hormones from all the other glands?

  Pituitary
• What hormone does the thyroid gland produce?

  Thyroxine
• What does the thyroid gland do?

  Increases metabolism rates