1. The Endocrine System 2015

2. What is the Endocrine System? What do we know about it?

3. Endocrine System The system of glands throughout the body that regulate body functions.

4. Endocrine system The endocrine system sends messages to the body through the blood in the form of hormones. Hormones are the chemical substances produced in the glands that help to regulate the way your body functions.

5. Glands A group of cells, or an organ, that secretes a chemical substance. IE: the thyroid gland controls metabolism

6. Hormones Chemical substances produced in certain glands that help to regulate the way your body functions.

7. Metabolism The process by which the body gets energy from food.

8. Major glands Hypothalamus Pituitary Gland Thyroid Gland Parathyroid Gland Thymus Gland Pancreas Adrenal Glands

9. Major Glands GlandsFunction HypothalamusReceives information from the nervous system and controls the pituitary gland Pituitary GlandSecretes growth hormone along with hormones that control other endocrine glands Thyroid GlandControls metabolism ThymusSignals the immune system to produce cells to fight infections PancreasSecretes insulin and glucagon, which regulate blood sugar levels Adrenal GlandsRelease hormones that enable the body to respond to stress. Reproductive GlandsOvaries: release estrogen to produce egg cells Testes: produce testosterone and produce sperm cells

10. Diabetes A disease that prevents the body from converting food into energy. The most common endocrine system