Sentences with phrase «endocrine system controls»

The endocrine system controls the release of our hormones, which of course play a dramatic role in how we feel on virtually every level.

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During pregnancy and the first few days postpartum, milk supply is hormonally driven — this is called the endocrine control system.

Breast milk production is a fascinating natural phenomenon that involves a range of hormones controlled by the endocrine system, stimulation of the nerve endings attached to your nipples and a supply and demand system.

Some research indicates that during the first three to four months of life milk supply is controlled through this process in the endocrine system.

Pituitary hormones regulate the rest of your endocrine system, signaling other glands to increase or decrease production of the hormones that control metabolism, fertility, blood pressure, breast milk production and many other vital processes.

At this early stage, lactation is driven by hormones controlled by the endocrine system.

Regulators are concerned because growing evidence shows that some synthetic chemicals — including those found in in insecticides, herbicides, fumigants, fungicides, detergents, resins and plasticizers — may disrupt the body's endocrine system, which controls many important functions by emitting hormones, or natural chemical messengers.

The hypothalamus links the nervous system to the endocrine system by synthsizing and secreting neurohormones, often called releasing hormones, as needed that control the secretion of hormones from the anterior pituitary gland â $» among them, gonadotropin - releasing hormone (GnRH).

Certain medications are designed to disrupt the endocrine system, such as birth control pills and breast and prostate cancer drugs.

Because the hypothalamus is a major control center of the endocrine system, appetite and energy balance, Kahn and his team wanted to know how diabetes affects hypothalamic gene expression.

To summarize (and simplify) greatly, depression is a dysfunction in the communication between your brain's frontal lobe, your thinking brain, and limbic system which controls autonomic bodily functions, like breathing and heart beat, and endocrine function, particularly in response to emotional stimuli.

The thyroid has been the trendy endocrine star of 2017, but the GI system has more than triple the mood - stabilizing, weight - management, and cold - fighting control.

But they point out that sex is also a biological matter, strongly controlled and affected by the neurological, vascular, and endocrine systems — i.e., our brains, nervous systems, blood flow, and hormones.

The stress reaction is controlled by hormones and the endocrine system that produces them.

Kidney tonic, which means that it is highly rejuvenative to the brain, hair, bones and endocrine system, which are controlled by the kidney organ.

This information highway is a major part of the endocrine system that controls the reaction to stress and regulates many body processes, including digestion, immune function, mood and emotions, sexuality and energy usage.

In adolescence, the control system in the brain (hypothalamus and pituitary) is just getting started in the conversation with the key endocrine glands outside of the brain: adrenals, thyroid, and gonads (ovaries in girls, testes in boys).

Considering that the actual purpose of hormonal birth control methods is to render you temporarily infertile by disrupting the normal functioning of your endocrine system, if you're looking to improve the health of your menstrual cycles it only makes sense to allow your body to detox from all of those lovely synthetic chemicals and begin moving towards a balanced and healthy menstrual cycle.

A. Hypothalamus: Located in the brain, this is the part of the brain that controls the endocrine system.

No larger than a pea, the pituitary gland is sometimes known as the «master gland» because it controls the functions of the thyroid and the other glands that make up the endocrine system.

The entire endocrine system works together to control the level of hormones, and if one or more is even even slightly imbalanced it can cause major health problems.

The endocrine system is responsible for releasing hormones which control growth, sexual development, and how your body uses and stores energy or metabolism; every cell in our body depends on thyroid hormones for regulation and metabolism.

Our endocannabinoid system is a major part of our primary endocrine system and is a crucial part of modulating the chemicals that control and maintain the body's homeostasis.

Pedersen added that our endocannabinoid system is a major part of our primary endocrine system and is a crucial part of modulating the chemicals that control and maintain the body's homeostasis.

The endocrine system is controlled by the pituitary gland located in the brain, when hormones are secreted as they should be all is well.

Endocrine glands make hormones, which travel through the bloodstream to tissues and organs, and control most of our body's major systems.

It also controls the hypothalamus, this works in conjunction with the pituitary gland and together they are responsible for regulation of the endocrine system.

All of the following specification points are covered for this topic and in brackets is the lesson that the point is covered in: Trilogy specification points and lessons: 4.5.1 - Homeostasis (B5.1 lesson) 4.5.3.2 - Control of blood glucose concentration (B5.1 lesson) 4.5.2.1 - Structure and function (B5.2 lesson) Required practical 7 - plan and carry out an investigation into the effect of a factor on human reaction time (B5.2 lesson) 4.5.3.1 - Human endocrine system (B5.6 lesson) 4.5.3.4 - Hormones in human reproduction (B5.10 lesson) 4.5.3.5 - Contraception (B5.11 lesson) 4.5.3.6 - The use of hormones to treat infertility (HT only)(B5.12 lesson) 4.5.3.7 - Negative feedback (HT only)(B5.13 lesson)

Specification points covered are: Paper 2 Topic 1 (4.5 - homeostasis and response) 4.5.1 - Homeostasis (B5.1 lesson) 4.5.3.2 - Control of blood glucose concentration (B5.1 lesson) 4.5.2.1 - Structure and function (B5.2 lesson) Required practical 7 - plan and carry out an investigation into the effect of a factor on human reaction time (B5.2 lesson) 4.5.3.1 - Human endocrine system (B5.6 lesson) 4.5.3.4 - Hormones in human reproduction (B5.10 lesson) 4.5.3.5 - Contraception (B5.11 lesson) 4.5.3.6 - The use of hormones to treat infertility (HT only)(B5.12 lesson) 4.5.3.7 - Negative feedback (HT only)(B5.13 lesson) Paper 2 topic 2 (4.6 - Inheritance, variation and evolution) 4.6.1.1 - sexual and asexual reproduction (B6.1 lesson) 4.6.1.2 - Meiosis (B6.1 lesson) 4.6.1.4 - DNA and the genome (B6.3 lesson) 4.6.1.6 - Genetic inheritance (B6.5 lesson) 4.6.1.7 - Inherited disorders (B6.6 lesson) 4.6.1.8 - Sex determination (B6.5 lesson) 4.6.2.1 - Variation (B6.9 lesson) 4.6.2.2 - Evolution (B6.10 lesson) 4.6.2.3 - Selective breeding (B6.11 lesson) 4.6.2.4 - Genetic engineering (B6.11 lesson) 4.6.3.4 - Evidence for evolution (B6.16 lesson) 4.6.3.5 - Fossils (B6.16 lesson) 4.6.3.6 - Extinction (B6.16 lesson) 4.6.3.7 - Resistant bacteria (B6.17 lesson) 4.6.4.1 - classification of living organisms (B6.18 lesson) Paper 2 topic 3 (4.7 - Ecology 4.7.1.1 - Communities (B7.1 lesson) 4.7.1.2 - Abiotic factors (B7.1 lesson) 4.7.1.3 - Biotic factors (B7.1 lesson) 4.7.1.4 — Adaptations (B7.2 lesson) 4.7.2.1 - Levels of organisation (feeding relationships + predator - prey cycles)(B7.3 lesson) 4.7.2.1 - Levels of organisation (required practical 9 - population sizes)(B7.4 lesson) 4.7.2.2 - How materials are cycled (B7.5 lesson) 4.7.3.1 - Biodiversity (B7.7 lesson) 4.7.3.6 - Maintaining Biodiversity (B7.7 lesson) 4.7.3.2 - Waste management (B7.9 lesson) 4.7.3.3 - Land use (B7.9 lesson) 4.7.3.4 - Deforestation (B7.9 lesson) 4.7.3.5 - Global warming (B7.9 lesson)

This makes a concise revision sheet for the important aspects of the menstrual cycle, the nervous system, the endocrine system and control of blood glucose.

Topics include: 4.5.3.1 - Human Endocrine System 4.5.3.2 - Control of Blood Glucose Concentration Students have commented saying that this resource has helped them with their understanding of the new AQA specification and have given them confidence

The endocrine system is an intricate arrangement of many hormones and control mechanisms.

The endocrine system is the collective system of organs that control hormones in the body.