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    The endocrine system is a messenger system in an organism comprising feedback loops of hormones that are released by internal glands directly into the...
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    The Endocrine system is a network of glands and organs located throughout the body. It’s similar to the nervous system in that it plays a vital role in...
    18 KB (2,098 words) - 15:00, 3 August 2024
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    in many household and industrial products, endocrine disruptors "interfere with the synthesis, secretion, transport, binding, action, or elimination...
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  • digestion. The major processes that occur in the GI tract are: motility, secretion, regulation, digestion and circulation. The proper function and coordination...
    16 KB (1,861 words) - 03:29, 22 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
    Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) is one of a group of disorders, the multiple endocrine neoplasias, that affect the endocrine system through...
    16 KB (1,840 words) - 03:54, 30 December 2023
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    Endocrinology (from endocrine + -ology) is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as...
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    other being endocrine glands, which secrete their products directly into the bloodstream. The liver and pancreas are both exocrine and endocrine glands; they...
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  • Thumbnail for Endocrine disease
    Endocrine diseases are disorders of the endocrine system. The branch of medicine associated with endocrine disorders is known as endocrinology. Broadly...
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    monoamines. The term "endocrine" refers to the synthesis and secretion of these monoamines. The neuroendocrine system includes endocrine glands such as the...
    87 KB (8,013 words) - 13:43, 25 July 2024
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    stimuli to cause salivation, gastric and pancreatic enzyme secretion, and endocrine secretion in preparation for the incoming nutrients; by starting the...
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  • Thumbnail for Pancreatic islets
    islets of Langerhans are the regions of the pancreas that contain its endocrine (hormone-producing) cells, discovered in 1869 by German pathological anatomist...
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    body. There are two types of gland each with a different method of secretion. Endocrine glands are ductless and secrete their products, hormones, directly...
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  • Thumbnail for Pancreatic polypeptide
    in the endocrine pancreas. It regulates pancreatic secretion activities, and also impacts liver glycogen storage and gastrointestinal secretion. Its secretion...
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    the secretion of substances (collectively pancreatic juice) that help digestion. These are divided into an "endocrine" role, relating to the secretion of...
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    are specialized cells of the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas with endocrine function. They produce gastrointestinal hormones or peptides in response...
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  • Thumbnail for McCune–Albright syndrome
    early infancy, show obvious bone disease, and obvious increased endocrine secretions from several glands.[citation needed] All patients with known or...
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  • The nervous system, and endocrine system collaborate in the digestive system to control gastric secretions, and motility associated with the movement of...
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    Hormone (category Human female endocrine system)
    In vertebrates, endocrine glands are specialized organs that secrete hormones into the endocrine signaling system. Hormone secretion occurs in response...
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    Zollinger–Ellison syndrome (category Disorders of endocrine pancreas)
    cases it occurs as part of an autosomal dominant syndrome called multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN 1). Patients with Zollinger–Ellison syndrome may...
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  • Thumbnail for Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
    "islet cell tumours", or "pancreatic endocrine tumours" are neuroendocrine neoplasms that arise from cells of the endocrine (hormonal) and nervous system within...
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