ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM IS A

COLLECTION OF GLANDS THAT
SECRETE DIFFERENT
HORMONES FOR THE VARIOUS
FUNCTIONS AND CHEMICAL
REACTIONS OCCURING WITHIN
THE BODY. THE MAIN FUNCTION
OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM IS

TO MAINTAIN A STABLE
ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE
BODY OR HEMEOSTASIS. FOR
EXAMPLE, MAINTANING THE
BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS
ACCORDING TO CHANGES
OCCURING IN THE BODY IS
HEMEOSTASIS. THE MAJOR
FUNCTION OF THE ENDOCRINE

SYSTEM IS PROMOTING THE

STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF THE
BODY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE
PERMANENT CHANGES
OCCURING IN THE BODY OVER
TIME HEIGHT, DEVELOPMENT
OF SEXUAL CHANGES, ETC. IS A
PART OF THE STRUCTURAL
CHANGES.