Wednesday, February 16, 2011

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

-series of organs and glands in the body that secrete chemical messenger

FEEDBACKS
negative and positive feedback

3 basic ways of endocrine organs
-neural control
-hormonal control
-humoral control


DISEASES

1.ANABOLIC STEROID
2.HASHIMOTO'S DISEASE
3.GRAVES DISEASE
4.PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
5.ADDISON DISEASE
6.CUSHING SYNDROME

HORMONES
-chemical messenger released by endocrine glands
NEUROTRANSMITTERS
-travel in neurons
-synapse
-short lived
STEROIDS
-powerful hormones

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