Sentences with phrase «larger endocrine system»

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Thus, the endocrine system is crucial for our survival and health, and, because many crucial hormones are secreted in the brain, and our brain activity and response to external stimuli can affect hormone release, your mind and your environment are very important to the health of the individual at large.

For example, if you're having a huge fight with your partner and he / she threatens to leave you, your body will react on the same way it would if you were in the middle of an earthquake — the heart starts racing, the blood vessels dilate and increase the amount of blood pumped to large muscles, the muscles tense up and your endocrine system increases the production of cortisol and epinephrine, which then influence the liver to produce more glucose and provide energy for an efficient «fight or flight» reaction to the dangerous situation.

Hormones are a small part of the endocrine system — the largest network that unites separate glands throughout the body.

The thyroid, though small otherwise, is one of the largest glands in the endocrine system.

Larger amounts of fluoride, which most people do consume from tap water, disrupt the whole endocrine system and wreak havoc on hormone production.

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.

PFOA and its replacements are suspected to belong to a large class of artificial compounds called endocrine - disrupting chemicals; these compounds, which include chemicals used in the production of pesticides, plastics and gasoline, interfere with human reproduction and metabolism and cause cancer, thyroid problems and nervous - system disorders.