Endocrine System
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Pituitary Gland
<pea Shaped, attached to hypothalamus>

Adenohypophysis
<Anterior>

Neurohypophysis
<Posterior>

Pars distalis
<rounded portion>

Pars tuberalis
<Extension in contact with infundibulum>

Pars intermedia
<Between Anterior and Posterior part>

Pars nervosa
<contact with Pars intermedia>

Infundibulum

Growth Harmone

TSH

ACTH

LH

FSH

Prolactin

Milk production

Secretion and nourishes Ovarian Follicles

Sperm Production

Thyroxine in Thyroid Gland

Ovulates and converts Follicle to Corpus Leutum

Secrete Glucocorticoids

Amino Acid movement into tissue cells of Organs

Oxytocin

Antidiuretic Harmone

Contraction of Uteres and Mammary Glands and Duct

Control total amount of water

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Adrenal Gland
<Cap superior border of kidney>

Cortex

Medulla

Corticoids

Mineralocorticoids

Glucocorticoids

Maintain Sodium potassium balance

Metabolism of Glucose

epinephrine

nonepinephrine

Increase Cardiac output and heart rate

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Thyroid Gland
<Inferior to larynx>

2 lobes
<connected by Isthmus>

Thyroid follicles
<hollow sacs>

Thyroid Harmone
Iodide from blood+O2 -> Iodine

Parafollicular cells

Calcitonin

Development of CNS

Parathyroid Gland
<Posterior surface of TG>

Parathyroid harmone

Calcium level in bones, kidney and small intestine

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Pancreatic Gland

Pancreatic Islets

Alpha cells

Beta cells

Glucagon
<Rises the blood glucose level>

Insulin
<Reduces blood sugar level>

Hydrolyse Glycogen

Glucose

Hydrolyse Fat

Fatty acid

Glucose into tissue cells

Glycogen

Fat

Pineal Gland
<cone shaped, encapsulated in meninges>

Thick Fibrous tissue

melatonin

Inhibits Pituitary gonad axis

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Thymus Gland


Thymus
<Fibrous band>

T cells

Cell mediated immunity

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Gonads

Testes

Ovary

Testosterone

Maintains primary and secondary organs of male

Ovarian Follicle

Corpus Leteum

Estrogen

Progestrone

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Placenta

Estrogen

Progestrone

Exchange of Nutrients and Waste between mother and Fetus

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Prostaglandis
<Produces by every Organ>

Reproductive System

Urinary System

Circulatory System

Respiratory System

Immune System

Digestive System

Contraction of Uterus

Excretion of water and electrolyte

Blood clotting

Alleviate pain and fever

Stomach

Intestine

Inhibits gastric secreition

Intestinal mobility

Fluid absorption

Constriction and Dilate blood vessels of lungs