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Endocrine System

The endocrine system regulates critical body functions, including metabolism, growth, and mood. It maintains homeostasis by balancing the internal environment through hormonal feedback mechanisms, primarily mediated by the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland. Conditions like Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes result from insulin-related issues, while Conn's syndrome arises from adrenal abnormalities. Awareness of these processes and disorders is essential for understanding bodily health and managing endocrine diseases effectively.

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Endocrine System

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  1. Endocrine System By Katie Ust

  2. Function • Regulate the body • Regulates metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, and mood

  3. Homeostasis • Homeostasis regulates the internal environment of the body, and keeps it balanced • Hypothalamus, which is the control center of the endocrine system, mediates between the nervous and endocrine systems to maintain homeostasis

  4. Negative Feedback • Negative feedback is used by the endocrine system to maintain homeostasis by regulating the secretion of relevant hormones.

  5. Thyroid Function • The hypothalamus can detect the inadequacy of thyroid hormones like thyroxine • It releases hypothalaminand activaves the pituitary cells responsible for secretion • The anterior pituitary releases thyrotropin, which activates thyroxine to fix the hormone imbalance to create homeostasis.

  6. Diabetes Type 1 Type 2 Results from insulin resistance in which cells fail to use insulin properly. Also results from high blood pressure and lifestyle choices • Results from the body’s failure to produce insulin and requires the person to inject insulin.

  7. Conn’s Syndrome • Caused by adrenal hyperplasia and adrenal carcinoma • Surgery and medications such as spironolactone or eplerenone, which block the effect of aldosterone . • Without treatment sufferers usually have poorly controled high blood pressure, stroke, or heart disease.

  8. Sources • Nativeremedies.com/articles/endocrine-system-and-homeostasis.html • Wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrine_disease#_

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