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Endocrine System, https://www.purposegames.com/game/Vc8d6qPocQJ Endocrine, System , medicine, anatomy, science, Pancreas,Adrenal gland, Adrenal glands, Ovary, Pituitary gland, Thyroid gland, Thyroid, gland, Pituitary , Kidney, Kidneys, Testis, teste, Pineal gland, pineal, Hypothalamus, Thymus, doctor, hormone, hormones,https://www.purposegames.com/game/Vc8d6qPocQJ anatomy, anatomy quiz, anatomy game, medicine, doctor, blood, heart, cardio, cardiovascular, muscles, muscle, exercize, exercizes,Endocrine system Illu endocrine system New.png Main glands of the endocrine system. Note that the thymus is no longer considered part of the endocrine system, as it does not produce hormones. Details Identifiers Latin Systema endocrinum MeSH D004703 FMA 9584 Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] The endocrine system is a chemical messenger system consisting hormones, the group of glands of an organism that carry those hormones directly into the circulatory system to be secreted to distant target organs, and the feedback loops of homeostasis that the hormones drive. In humans, the major endocrine glands are the thyroid gland and the adrenal glands. In vertebrates, the hypothalamus is the neural control center for all endocrine systems. The field of study dealing with the endocrine system and its disorders is endocrinology, a branch of internal medicine.[1] Special features of endocrine glands are, in general, their ductless nature, their vascularity, and commonly the presence of intracellular vacuoles or granules that store their hormones. In contrast, exocrine glands, such as salivary glands, sweat glands, and glands within the gastrointestinal tract, tend to be much less vascular and have ducts or a hollow lumen. A number of glands that signal each other in sequence are usually referred to as an axis, for example, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. In addition to the specialized endocrine organs mentioned above, many other organs that are part of other body systems, such as bone, kidney, liver, heart and gonads, have secondary endocrine functions. For example, the kidney secretes endocrine hormones such as erythropoietin and renin. Hormones can consist of either amino acid complexes, steroids, eicosanoids, leukotrienes, or prostaglandins.[1] The endocrine system is in contrast to the exocrine system, which secretes its hormones to the outside of the body using ducts. As opposed to endocrine factors that travel considerably longer distances via the circulatory system, other signaling molecules, such as paracrine factors involved in paracrine signalling diffuse over a relatively short distance. The word endocrine derives via New Latin from