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| NERVE FIBERS STIMULATE HORMONE RELEASE |
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| PITUITARY, THYROID, PARATYHROID, ADRENAL, PINEAL GLANDS, THYMUS GLANDS, PANCREAS, OVARIES AND TESTIES |
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| A SMALL OVAL ENDOCRINE GLAND ATTACHED TO THE BASE OF THE VERTEBRATE BRAIN AND CONSISTING OF AN ANTERIOR AND A POSTERIOR LOBE, THE SECRETIONS OF WHICH CONTROL THE OTHER ENDOCRINE GLANDS AND INFLUENCE GROWTH, METABOLISM, AND MATURATION. ALSO CALLED HYPOPHYSIS. |
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| A two-lobed endocrine gland found in all vertebrates, located in front of and on either side of the trachea in humans, and producing various hormones, such as triiodothyronine and calcitonin. |
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| Any of usually four small kidney-shaped glands that lie in pairs near or within the posterior surface of the thyroid gland and secrete parathyroid hormone. |
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| Either of two small, dissimilarly shaped endocrine glands, one located above each kidney, consisting of the cortex, which secretes several steroid hormones, and the medulla, which secretes epinephrine. Also called suprarenal gland |
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| A small, cone-shaped organ in the brain of most vertebrates that secretes the hormone melatonin. Also called epiphysis, pineal body, Also called pineal organ. |
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a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
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| A long, irregularly shaped gland in vertebrates, lying behind the stomach, that secretes pancreatic juice into the duodenum and insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin into the bloodstream |
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| The usually paired female or hermaphroditic reproductive organ that produces ova and, in vertebrates, estrogen and progesterone |
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| Glands that secrete their product directly onto a surface rather than through a duct. Many endocrine glands are also ductless glands, as they secrete the hormones they produce directly into the blood or lymph system so it will be circulated to the entire body. The pineal gland, the thymus gland, the pituitary gland, the thyroid gland, the spleen, and the two adrenal glands are all ductless glands. |
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| are hormones that have other endocrine glands as their target. Most tropic hormones are produced and secreted by the anterior pituitary. |
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| A GENERAL METABOLIC HORMONE THAT HELPS TO MAINTAIN BLOOD-SUGAR HOMEOSTASIS; HELPS TO GROW THE SKELETAL MUSCLES AND LONG BONES OF THE BODY; STIMULATES MOST TARGET CELLS TO GROW AND DIVIDE |
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| HYPOSECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONE DURING CHILDHOOD |
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