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ENDOCRİNE SYSTEM - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Reduces the amount of glucose in the blood
    - - Increases the amount of glucose in the blood.
- - - - Antidiuretic: controls the amount of water in the urine. Antidiuretic
        released → less water in the body
      - Oxytocin: triggers contractions of the uterus for giving birth and
        triggers the ejection of milk from the mothers
      - Growth hormone: Activates metabolism and make bones and
        muscles to grow. It works till adulthood.
        
        disease
        
        Acromegaly
      - Stimulating factors: Stimulate other glands to produce their
        hormones
      - Inhibiting factors: They inhibit other gands from producing
        hormones
    - - Cushing's disease
  - - - Adrenaline
        
        Is released as response to a danger
        
        It causes increasement of cardiac rythm, increasement of
        strenght and resistance of muscles
        
        This is how the body prepares for fighting or scaping
        
        If the levels of adrenaline are kept high for a long time, it will
        damge your cells
      - Cortisol
        
        Triggers degradation of the nutrients by which we obtain
        nutrients
    - - Addison's disease
  - - - hypothyroidism
  - - - Parathormone
        
        It increases the levels of calcium in the blood
- - - - Testosterone
        
        Controls the production of gametes and the male sexual
        characteristics
        
        It is higher in boys than in girls
    - - hypogonadism
  - - - Oestragen
        
        It is also produced during pregnancy
        
        It is higher in girls than in boys
        
        Controls the production of gametes and the female sexual
        characteristics
- - - - The pitutary gland recieves the orders of the hypothalamus
      - Then releases stimulating and inhibiting factors to the other glands
    - - The brain sends orders with a part of the nervous system called
        the hypothalamus
      - The brain sends orders to the pitutary gland
    - - When the stimulating and inhibiting factors reach the other
        glands, these glands release their respective hormones
      - These hormones enter the blood torrent and are sent to the
        organs