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    The endocrine system is a network of glands that release hormones into the bloodstream to regulate and control body functions with long-term effects such as growth, metabolism, stress levels, and the sleep/wake cycle. Hormones are chemical signals released by glands that bind to specific receptors on cells to change their behavior. The endocrine system differs from the nervous system in that hormones have slower but longer-lasting effects by targeting cells throughout the body rather than specific cells via nerves.

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    The endocrine system is a network of glands that release hormones into the bloodstream to regulate and control body functions with long-term effects such as growth, metabolism, stress levels, and the sleep/wake cycle. Hormones are chemical signals released by glands that bind to specific receptors on cells to change their behavior. The endocrine system differs from the nervous system in that hormones have slower but longer-lasting effects by targeting cells throughout the body rather than specific cells via nerves.

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    Endocrine system

    What is the endocrine system?


    a network of glands that release
    chemical signals into the bloodstream
    regulate and control body functions with
    long-duration effects, such as:
    sleep/wake cycle
    growth and development of cells,
    tissues, and organs
    stress, happiness, fear
    sexual arousal
    hunger, thirst, metabolism

    Endocrine system
    What is a hormone?
    a chemical signal released by a gland
    that can change the behavior of cells,
    tissues, & organs
    can only bind to a specific receptor
    Receptor
    a special protein on a cell that activates
    a function when a specific hormone
    binds to it

    Messages in the body


    Nervous

    Endocrine

    messages carried by messages carried by


    neurotransmitters hormones through
    through nerves
    the bloodstream
    very fast effect

    slower effect

    short duration

    long duration

    targets a few
    specific cells

    signals every cell


    that has the right
    receptor

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