How many endocrine glands is the human being made up of?
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hypothalmus\nanterior pituitary\nposterior pituitary\nthyroid\nparathyroid\nadrenal cortex/medulla\ngonads\npancreas\nthymus\npineal\n\nother organs can also secrete hormones which technically makes them partially endocrine.  these are:\n\nheart\nliver\nkidneys\nlungs\nintestines\nstomach\n\nhope i got em all
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Well, glands are technically organs. Glands differ from other organs in that their primary function is producing and secreting some hormone/substance
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I am no doctor, but I believe that endocrine system diseases are caused by internal factors. However, there are diseases that could have a negative effect on the endocrine system. \n\nCheck this site for more info: http://www.answers.com/endocrine+system&r=67
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The endocrine system is based upon the notion that a set of chemical signals, hormones, can travel through the body to regulate critical homeostatic mechanisms. These include things like sugar utilization (insulin and glucagon), reproduction (gonadotrophic hormones), heart rate (many hormones including adrenaline or epinephrine), temperature control (many hormones), feeding behaviors (hormones such as leptin and ghrelin), etc. By assessing the metabolic needs and survival requirements of various body tissues and cells, the endocrine system maintains the appropriate balance between differing control systems.
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Most of the human body is made up of water, H2O, with cells consisting of 65-90% water by weight. Therefore, it isn't surprising that most of a human body's mass is oxygen. Carbon, the basic unit for organic molecules, comes in second. 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of just six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus.\n\nOxygen (65%) \nCarbon (18%) \nHydrogen (10%) \nNitrogen (3%) \nCalcium (1.5%) \nPhosphorus (1.0%) \nPotassium (0.35%) \nSulfur (0.25%) \nSodium (0.15%) \nMagnesium (0.05%) \nCopper, Zinc, Selenium, Molybdenum, Fluorine, Chlorine, Iodine, Manganese, Cobalt, Iron (0.70%) \nLithium, Strontium, Aluminum, Silicon, Lead, Vanadium, Arsenic, Bromine (trace amounts)
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An endocrinologist specialized in the following:\n# diabetes\n# thyroid diseases\n# metabolic disorders\n# over or under production of hormones\n# menopause\n# osteoporosis\n# hypertension\n# cholesterol (lipid) disorders\n# infertility\n# lack of growth (short stature)\n# cancers of the endocrine glands
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Human growth hormone (HGH) is a substance secreted by the pituitary gland that promotes growth during childhood and adolescence.\nHormones are chemicals produced by special cells in glands and other organs of the body; most hormones are produced by cells in the endocrine glands. These hormones, which are produced in very small amounts, are released into the bloodstream and travel to the "target organ" or tissue where they exert their effect.\nSeveral hormones are involved in regulating growth. Some act directly on target organs, while others act by trig-gering the production of other hormones, which activate specific organ functions necessary for growth. This finely tuned system can malfunction in several ways, causing abnormal growth.\nThe pituitary gland is often called the master gland because it produces several hormones that control the functions of other glands. It is located in the middle of the skull below the part of the brain called the hypothalamus. The pituitary gland secretes its hormones in response to chemical messages from the hypothalamus, the part of the brain to which it is connected. \nGrowth hormone (HSG) is an anterior pituitary hormone whose main effect is to promote growth of body tissues. Other anterior pituitary hormones affect growth indirectly by working through other glands. \nHGH is useful for treating growth hormone deficiency in children.\nAlthough growth hormone levels decline with age, it has not been proven that trying to maintain the levels that exist in young persons is beneficial. It is conceivable that age-related hormonal changes may serve as useful markers of physiological aging. However, this has not been demonstrated experimentally for either humans or animals. Although hormone-replacement trials have yielded some positive results (at least in the short term), it is clear that negative side effects can also occur in the form of increased risk for cancer, cardiovascular disease, and behavior changes.\n\nIt might even turn out that lower growth-hormone levels are an indicator of health. Research findings indicate that mice that overproduce growth hormones live only a short time, suggesting that growth-hormone deficiency itself does not cause accelerated aging, but that the opposite may be true. . . .
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206 Bones in the human Body would be be my guess...
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That's a HUGE question you're asking, if I understand it correctly.  While the body is made up mostly of water, there's also an *enormous* number of biochemicals in the human body working in extremely complex ways, all of which affect human behavior, from whether your hungry to the color of your eyes to whether you're alive or dead.  Even biochemists don't know yet exactly what they all are and how they all work.\n\nA (very) partial list:\n\nhemoglobin\nserotonin\nbrain natriuretic peptide\nadenosine triphosphate\nacid phosphatase\nD-oxy-ribonucleic acid (DNA)\ntriglyceride\npyruvate dehydrogenase\nsuccinyl coenzyme-A synthetase\n1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid\nbacteriorhodopsin\nbeta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate\nfarnesyl pyrophosphate, geranyl pyrophosphate and other acyclic sesquiterpines\n\n...to name a very few.
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The hormones in the endocrine system help keep the body in balance.\n\nCertain organisms can either release too many of a hormone or not enough.\n\nThese organs are vital in the endocrine system (this is not all of them): thyroid, pancreas, pituitary gland, kidneys, reproductive organs, adrenal gland, etc.\n\nChanges in hormone levels can affect the whole body.\n\nMost notorious of endocrine disorders:\nHypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Diabetes, etc.\n\nFor more information follow the link below...
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The endocrine system produces hormones and works with the circulatory system - that carries them. The nervous system works with the respiratory system and every other system in the body; such as the gastrointestinal system and reproductive systems.
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Human beings have an estimated 100 trillion or 10^14 cells; a typical cell size is 10 µm, a typical cell mass 1 nanogram.\nIf we take the latter number, then a adult of 80 kg has 8x10^13 cells, a teenager of 40 kg half as much.
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Your endochrine glands. It is your thyroid and adrenal glands that release pheromones and control their production.
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Males have up to 6 units of blood and females have up 5 units of blood, but I think that is all humans, not just Americans. HA HA HA HA !!
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the endocrine system's main function is to maintain homeostasis. it does so mostly through chemical messengers called hormones. hormones are produced in one organ and used in another. the endocrine system uses many glands such as the pituitary gland, which is like the director of the endocrine system, the hypothalamus, which controls the pituitary gland, and the pineal gland, which controls growth and development and so on and so forth. there are also numerous other glands, like the thyroid gland, the and non-glands, like the pancreas, that secrete (another word for make) hormones, in the case of the pancreas, it secretes insulin and glycogen, which lower and increase the level of sugar in your blood. \n\n\nhope this helps you at all and you had better not copy  this word for word.
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The pituitary gland (which is part of the endocrine system) secretes HGH {human growth hormone} which promotes bone growth.This is how the endocrine system works with the skeletal system.
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There are 206 bones in the human body.