Unit 7: Endocrine system physiology and disease

The Endocrine System - PMC endocrine Your thyroid is an important endocrine gland that makes and releases hormones Your thyroid's main job is to control your metabolism — how your body uses endocrine system Purely endocrine organs 1 Pituitary gland 2 Pineal gland 3 Thyroid gland 4 Parathyroid glands 5

endocrine Endocrine system, any of the systems found in animals for the production of hormones, substances that regulate the functioning of the