What is
The Endocrine System?

Two systems control what happens inside your body. One of them is the nervous system, and the other is the endocrine system. The endocrine system exerts chemical control over the human body by maintaining the body's internal environment. It also provides homeostasis by working with the nervous system to affect growth, maturation, reproduction, metabolism, human behavior, and health of the entire body.

What are
The Organs Involved?

  • Exocrine glands

    • Exorcine glands are duct glands that produce a substance which travels through small tube-like ducts. Its secretions are transported in the ducts directly to an organ or the body surface. Exocrine glands include sweat and oil glands of the skin, intestinal glands, and salivary glands in the mouth.
  • Endocrine glands

    • Unlike exocrine glands, endocrine glands are ductless glands. They secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream, which then travel to the target organs. Hormones help regulate metabolism, water and electrolyte concentrations in cells, growth, development, and the reproductive cycles.
  • Hormones

    • Our hormones control the internal environment (from cellular level to the organ level), cellular respiration, cellular growth, cellular reproduction, body fluids (such as water amounts and balance of electrolytes), secretion of other hormones and behavior patterns. It also regulates growth and development cycles, and plays and important role in the reproductive cycles of both men and women.