The endocrine system is a messenger system in an organism comprising feedback loops of hormones that are released by internal glands directly into the...

Endocrine diseases are disorders of the endocrine system. The branch of medicine associated with endocrine disorders is known as endocrinology. Broadly...

Endocrine glands are ductless glands of the endocrine system that secrete their products, hormones, directly into the blood. The major glands of the endocrine...

disrupting compounds are chemicals that can interfere with endocrine (or hormonal) systems. These disruptions can cause numerous adverse human health...

The fetal endocrine system is one of the first systems to develop during prenatal development of a human individual. The endocrine system arises from...

system, endocrine system, lymphatic system, nervous system, and reproductive system. There are other systems in the body that are not organ systems—for...

Endocrinology (from endocrine + -ology) is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions...

This is a list of the main organ systems in the human body. Circulates blood around the body via the heart, arteries and veins, delivering oxygen and...

the nervous system and the endocrine system; i.e. how the brain regulates the hormonal activity in the body. The nervous and endocrine systems often act...

its body. The nervous system detects environmental changes that impact the body, then works in tandem with the endocrine system to respond to such events...

until they are expelled through the anus. Endocrine system The endocrine system consists of the principal endocrine glands: the pituitary, thyroid, adrenals...

tumors (NETs) are neoplasms that arise from cells of the endocrine (hormonal) and nervous systems. They most commonly occur in the intestine, where they...

constitute an enteric endocrine system as a subset of the endocrine system just as the enteric nervous system is a subset of the nervous system. In a sense they...

The pancreas is an organ of the digestive system and endocrine system of vertebrates. In humans, it is located in the abdomen behind the stomach and functions...

the breast Adrenocortical carcinoma Islet cell carcinoma (endocrine pancreas) Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome Pancreatic Cancer Parathyroid cancer...

An endocrine gland neoplasm is a neoplasm affecting one or more glands of the endocrine system.[citation needed]Examples include: Adrenal tumor Pituitary...

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) is one of a group of disorders, the multiple endocrine neoplasias, that affect the endocrine system through...

other organs, particularly those of the endocrine system. Various endocrine hormones coordinate these endocrine functions; these include renin, angiotensin...

associated with tumors of the endocrine system. The tumors may be benign or malignant (cancer). They generally occur in endocrine organs (e.g. thyroid, parathyroid...

for muscle contraction; the ultimate consequence of a stimulus. The endocrine system is affected largely by many internal and external stimuli. One internal...

Mollard, Patrice E. “Developmental Program of the Pituitary Portal System.” Endocrine Society’s 97th Annual Meeting and Expo. March 2015. San Diego, CA...

hypothalamus is the neural control center for all endocrine systems. The study of the endocrine system and its disorders is known as endocrinology. Endocrinology...

urinary system is regulated by the endocrine system by hormones such as antidiuretic hormone, aldosterone, and parathyroid hormone. The urinary system is under...

movement, protection, production of blood cells, storage of minerals, and endocrine regulation. The human skeleton is not as sexually dimorphic as that of...

lengths than protein hormones. These hormones have an effect on the endocrine system of animals, including humans. Most hormones can be classified as either...

The reproductive system of an organism, also known as the genital system, is the biological system made up of all the anatomical organs involved in sexual...

Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and Diptera. These glands are part of the endocrine system: 1. Neurosecretory cells 2. Corpora cardiaca 3. Prothoracic glands...

colon, mesentery, rectum and anus. Endocrine system: communication within the body using hormones made by endocrine glands such as the hypothalamus, pituitary...

surface. In vertebrates, endocrine glands are specialized organs that secrete hormones into the endocrine signaling system. Hormone secretion occurs...

muscular, endocrine and nervous systems, as well as sensory organs, temperature control, flight and molting. An insect uses its digestive system to extract...