What is endocrinology? Detailed answer

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What is endocrinology?

Our body has organs that produce chemicals whose purpose is to keep the body, as they say, in working condition. These chemicals are called hormones. And the organs that produce hormones make up the so-called endocrine system. The science that studies these organs and the hormones themselves is called endocrinology. The organs of the endocrine system are called endocrine glands, because they send the substances they produce directly to the blood circulating inside the body, which carries them to different parts of it.

The endocrine glands have the following names: thyroid, several parathyroid glands, adrenal gland, ovary (or testis), pancreas, and thymus (goiter) gland. Some of them produce different types of hormones, others - only one. The endocrine system regulates many functions of the human body.

So, for example, his height and size, appearance, distribution of hairline, total weight, the so-called secondary sexual characteristics of men and women - all this is regulated by hormones. They also regulate the amount of urine produced by the body, body temperature, the rate at which metabolism (metabolism) is carried out, the sugar and calcium levels in the blood, and the conversion of proteins into a kind of energy carriers.

But how they are able to do all this is still not entirely clear to specialists. Hormones are responsible for the activity of the reproductive organs. They are an important factor in the development of a person's personality. Mental and physical activity, femininity and masculinity - all this is greatly influenced by hormones.

Author: Likum A.

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