Endocrine system help

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Hi Ladels and Guinea pigs....

I'm a student nurse in Glasgow and getting stressed about how to learn endocrine system. I'm trying to make a spider web (mind map) but what information is important??

Can someone give me a general over view of what endocrine system does, the functions, locations and nature.

Please?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

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Have you made any notes?

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This is something I would google. Part of the learning and retention comes from the research. For example, I just wanted to review cardiac action potentials. I pulled out my old physio notes, my old anatomy notes, and then I googled and filled in the blanks. If I didn't understand something specific about ap such as threshold of cardiac ap versus ap in a nerve cell for example then i'd ask it. You r basically wanting me to give you an endocrine lesson which is something you can do. Ill answer a specific question if you need or clarify something you r confused about.

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I always give this advice to other students...YOUTUBE!!!! On youtube there are many videos from varying textbook companies, free tutors and medical students who make videos to test themselves. This has always been a great help to me while i'm studying because actually seeing a hormone traveling through the body along with the effects it has on particular systems has always proven very helpful.

Good luck!

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I think the Wikipedia page on the endocrine system is pretty good.

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try your anatomy and physiology textbook. the endocrine system is complex, involving many different kinds of cells engaged in several different types of process loop functions. creating a map of the system is just the beginning of an understanding.

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on anatomy test,,they always ask about pituitary gland and adrenal gland questions.

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Look here: http://www.endocrineweb.com/

That's the best endocrine web site I've seen. Good luck!

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Hi Ladels and Guinea pigs....

I'm a student nurse in Glasgow and getting stressed about how to learn endocrine system. I'm trying to make a spider web (mind map) but what information is important??

Can someone give me a general over view of what endocrine system does, the functions, locations and nature.

Please?

Wow, that is a general question...

For some reason we are not doing the endocrine system in my AP2 class until later in the semester, but I had already read that chapter thinking that was where we were going to start:eek: so I will give it my best shot.;)

The endocrine (to secrete within) is the second major control system of the body after the nervous system. The endocrine system produces hormones and these are split into two classes, amino acids [further divided into three groups] and steroids. When compared to other body systems the endocrine system its self is pretty small but spread out through the entire body. The major endocrine organs are pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and pineal glands. The hypothalamus is neuroendocrine organ. Additionally hormones are also secreted by a number of body tissues. You will need to know what hormone each organ secretes and what that hormone does.

I would like to point out that this is a really really really... glazed over review of what the endocrine system is and there is a ton of stuff I didn't mention, like the site of action, cAMP, or the illnesses associated with the endocrine system.

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Hi Ladels and Guinea pigs....

I'm a student nurse in Glasgow and getting stressed about how to learn endocrine system. I'm trying to make a spider web (mind map) but what information is important??

Can someone give me a general over view of what endocrine system does, the functions, locations and nature.

Please?

It sends signals. The function of many hormones is simply to cause the release of subsequent hormones. There are too many functions of the hormones at the end of the signal chains to name them all here. Location: begins in hippocampus, goes to pituitary, then to the bloodstream and to many diverse glands throughout the head neck and trunk. Nature (of hormones?): varies, but many are steroids.

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to further the study, research the difference between lipid soluble and water soluble hormones, which can be fairly easily differentiated by origin, and by method of function in interacting with various cell bodies. then explore the difference between enteroendocrines and exoendocrines.

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The endocrine system is one way the body communicates from one part to another using hormones (chemical messengers.) I like to think of the effect and need versus cause and effect. You cut an artery, your blood pressure drops. What would help you achieve homeostatis? How about reduce urine production to conserve fluid? What hormone does that? Where is it produced?

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