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  • What are the endocrine organs?

    AKA endocrine glands; Anterior pituitary, thyroid, 3-5 parathyroid, adrenal cortices, pancreas, thymus, paired gonads(ovaries/testes)

  • bodies 2 main regulatory functions

    maintain the homeostasis of nearly every regulated physiological variable.

    balance of fluid, electrolyte, acid/base. They also help to promote growth, regulate metabolic reactions and stress response + work to increase each other effect.

  • Hormone pathway

    cell secrete into interstitial , diffuse into capillary/blood and are transported to heart by veins, leave through artery to rest of the body, then diffuse out of capillaries into intersitial fluid near cell to bind