ENDOCRINE SYSTEM=)

-series of organs and glands in the body that secrete chemical messenger
HORMONES
-chemical messenger released by endocrine glands
NEUROTRANSMITTERS
-travel in neurons
-synapse
-cleaned up quickly
-localized effect
-short lived
STEROIDS
-powerful hormones
-interact directly in cells

2 TYPES OF FEEDBACK
negative and positive feedback

3 basic ways of endocrine organs function to maintain hormone levels
-neural control
-hormonal control
-humoral control

MAJOR ENDOCRINE ORGANS
hypothalamus-commander in chief, controls the pituitary gland
pituitary gland-master gland

ENDOCRINE DISEASES

ANABOLIC STEROID

HASHIMOTOR DISEASE

GRAVES DISEASE

PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA

ADDISON DISEASE

CUSHING SYNDROME