- Hormones and the Endocrine System | Johns Hopkins Medicine
The endocrine system uses hormones to control and coordinate your body's internal metabolism (or homeostasis) energy level, reproduction, growth and development, and response to injury, stress, and environmental factors
- Hormones | Endocrine Glands - MedlinePlus
Endocrine glands, which are special groups of cells, make hormones The major endocrine glands are the pituitary, pineal, thymus, thyroid, adrenal glands, and pancreas In addition, men produce hormones in their testes and women produce them in their ovaries
- What are hormones? Types, functions, and imbalances
Hormones are chemical messengers that send a signal to one or more tissues or organs in the body They are part of the endocrine system, and the study of this system is known as endocrinology
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