2. HORMONES
HORMONES ARE THE
• CHEMICAL SECRETIONS FROM SPECIFIC CELLS
OR GLANDS
• POURED DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOOD
• ACTS ON THE TARGET ORGAN ONLY
• BRINGS COORDINATION BETWEEN THE
DISTANT PARTS OF THE BODY.
3. ENDOCRINE GLANDS IN HUMAN
BODY
• PITUITARY GLAND
• THYROID GLAND
• PANCREAS
• ADRENAL
• TESTIS[IN MALES]
• OVARY [IN FEMALES]
4. ADRENAL GLAND
• LOCATED AT THE TOP
OF EACH KIDNEYS
FITTED LIKE A CAP
• TWO REGIONS:
OUTER CORTEX
INNER MEDULLA
5. HORMONES OF ADRENAL CORTEX
• GLUCOCORTICOID- REGULATES
CARBOHYDRATE PROTEIN AND FAT
METABOLISM
• MINERALOCORTICOID- REGULATES MINERALS
LIKE SODIUM AND POTASSIUM ION
METABOLISM.
6. GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF CORTICAL
HORMONES
• INCREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION
• INFLUENCE FAT AND PROTEIN METABOLISM
• REGULATE SUGAR WATER BALANCE IN THE
BODY
• BEST KNOWN CORTICAL HORMONE IS
CORTISONE- It suppresses inflammation
7. Abnormalities of cortical hormones
• HYPOSECRETION
• Causes ADDISON’S
DISEASE
SYMPTOMS ARE:
• LOSS OF ENERGY
• LOSS OF WEIGHT
• HYPOGLYCEMIA
• HYPERSECRETION
• Causes CUSHING’S
SYNDROME
SYMPTOMS ARE
• OBESITY
• OSTEOPOROSIS
• HYPERGLYCEMIA
8. HORMONES FROM ADRENAL MEDULLA
ADRENALIN
WHY IS IT CALLED EMERGENCY HORMONE ?
As it prepares the body for any emergency
situation so as to fight= face the situation or to
fly= run away from the situation
HOW?
1. By increasing the heart beat.
2 By allowing more oxygen flow to the muscles.
3. Allowing the release of more glucose from the
liver.
9. MOUTH DRIES UP DURING A MAIDEN
SPEECH IN FRONT OF A LARGE
AUDIENCE. WHY?
• Adrenaline is an emergency hormone that
prepares the body to cope with an emergency
situation or during nervousness.
• It makes the heart beat faster just before the
speech and at the same time reduces the
blood supply to the digestive system thereby
inhibiting the secretion from salivary gland.
Thus mouth gets dry.
10. THYROID GLAND
HORMONE: THYROXINE
FUNCTIONS OF THYROXINE
ARE-
• CONTROLS BASAL
METABOLIC RATE
• INFLUENCES GENERAL
GROWTH
• OSSIFICATION OF BONES
• BODY TEMPERATURE
• MENTAL DEVELOPMENT
11. ABNORMALITIES
HYPERSECRETION=
HYPERTHYROIDISM
• LEADS TO EXOPHTHALMIC
GOITRE-
• eyes are protruded out
• Increase in metabolic rate
• Rapid heart beat.
HYPOSECRETION=
HYPOTHYROIDISM
• LEADS TO
• SIMPLE GOITRE-swollen
neck
• CRETINISM [IN CHILDREN]-
dwarfism and mental
retardation
• MYXODEMA [IN ADULTS]-
sluggishness
12. TYPES OF GOITRE
SIMPLE GOITRE
DUE TO HYPOSECRETION OF THYROXINE
EXOPHTHALMIC GOITRE
DUE TO HYPERSECRETIONOF THYROXINE
14. WHY PEOPLE IN HILLY AREA SUFFER
FROM SIMPLE GOITRE?
• SOIL IN HILLY AREA LACKS IODINE.
• IODINE IS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT IN
PRODUCTION OF THYROXINE.
• LACK OF IODINE DOESN’T PRODUCE
SUFFIECIENT THYROXINE.
• THYROID BECOMES ENLARGED TO
COMPENSATE FOR LACK OF THYROXINE
REALEASE
15. PANCREAS
LOCATED JUST BEHIND THE
STOMACH IN THE LOOP OF THE
DUODENUM.
HORMONE PRODUCING CELLS
ARE CALLED ISLET OF
LANGERHANS
3 DIFFERENT HORMONES ARE
PRPODUCED :
1. INSULIN FROM BETA CELLS
2. GLUCAGON FROM ALPHA
CELLS
3. SOMATOSTATINFROM
DELTA CELLS[NOT IN
SYLLABUS]
16. PANCREAS
– Why is Pancreas called a MIXED gland?
BECAUSE IT IS BOTH ENDOCRINE AS WELL AS
EXOCRINE.
• AS AN EXOCRINE GLAND IT RELEASES
DIGESTIVE ENZYMES THROUGH DUCT.
• AS AN ENDOCRINE IT RELEASES HORMONES
WITHOUT DUCT, POUR IT DIRECTLY INTO THE
BLOOD
17. FUNCTIONS OF TWO MAJOR
HORMONES FROM PANCREAS
INSULIN
• PROMOTES GLUCOSE
UTILISATION BY THE BODY
CELLS
• STIMULATES, DEPOSITION
OF EXTRA GLUCOSE OF
BLOOD IN LIVER AND
MUSCLES AS GLYCOGEN.
THUS IT
• CHECKS RISE OF SUGAR
LEVEL IN BLOOD
GLUCAGON
• STIMULATESBREAK DOWN
OF GLYCOGEN IN LIVER TO
RELEASE GLUCOSE.
THUS IT
• RAISES SUGAR LEVEL IN
THE BLOOD
18. ABNORMALITIES OF INSULIN
SECRETION
HYPOSECRETION
• DIABETES MELLITUS OR
HYPERGLYSEMIA=MORE
SUGAR IN BLOOD
• FREQUENTURINATION ,
URINE LOADED WITH
SUGAR
• LOSS OF WEIGHT
• LOSS OF ENERGY
HYPERSECRETION
• HYPOGLYCEMIA=LESS
SUGAR IN BLOOD
• CAN LEAD TO COMA IF
SUGAR LEVEL GOES DOWN
IN BLOOD TOO MUCH
19. People suffering from Diabetes mellitus
passes out SWEET URINE. Why?
• When there is hyposecretion of insulin from the
Pancreas, people suffer from Diabetes mellitus.
• Insulin is responsible for utilisation of blood
glucose by the cell.
• Since lack of insulin neither allows the glucose to be
utilised by the cell nor allows the conversion of
extra glucose into glycogen in the liver.
• So glucose from blood passes out with urine
through kidney and the urine tastes sweet.
20. PITUITARY GLAND
LOCATION: HANGS FROM THE BASE OF THE MID BRAIN BELOW
THE HYPOTHALAMUS.
TWO LOBES:- ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR LOBE
21. WHY IS PITUTARY GLAND CALLED A
MASTER GLAND
• PITUITARY GLAND SECRETE TROPIC HORMONES.
• TROPIC HORMONES ARE THOSE HORMONES
THAT STIMULATE OTHER ENDOCRINE GLANDS TO
RELEASE THEIR RESPECTIVE SECRETION/
HORMONES.
• EXAMPLES OF TROPIC HORMONES ARE :- TSH,
ACTH, FSH etc.
• THUS PITUITARY INFLUENCES THE ACTIVITY OF
OTHER ENDOCRINE GLANDS SO IT IS CALLED
MASTER GLAND.
22. HORMONES FROM THE TWO LOBES
ANTERIOR LOBE
• GROWTH HORMONE
• THYROID STIMULATIONG
HORMONE
• GONAD STIMULATIONG
HORMONE
• ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC
HORMONE
POSTERIOR LOBE
• ANTIDIURETIC
HORMONEOR VASOPRESSIN
• OXYTOCIN
23. GROWTH HORMONE
• ALSO CALLED SOMATPOTROPIN
• ESSENTIAL FOR BODY GROWTH AND
ELONGATION OF BONES
HYPOSECRETION HYPERSECRETION
DWARFISM IN CHILDREN GIGANTISM IN CHILDREN
ACROMEGALY IN ADULTS
24. THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE[TSH]-
ACTIVATES THYROID GLAND TO RELEASE
THYROXINE
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE[ACTH]-
ACTIVATES ADRENAL CORTEX TO RELEASE
COTICOIDS
GONADO STIMULATING HORMONE –
REGULATES ACTIVITIES OF TESTIS AND OVARY
FUNCTIONS OF OTHER TROPIC
HORMONES RELEASED FROM
ANTERIOR PITUITARY
25. HORMONES FROM POSTERIOR
PITUITARY
ADH OR VASOPRESSIN
• CONSTRICTS BLOOD
VESSELS LEADING TO RISE
IN BLOOD PRESSURE
• ALLOWS KIDNEYS TO
REABSORB WATER FROM
IITS TUBULES.
• DEFICIENCY CAUSES
DIABETES INSIPIDUS
OXYTOCIN
• ALSO CALLED CHILD BIRTH
HORMONE.
• STIMULATESVIGOUROUS
CONTRACTION OF UTERINE
WALL LEADING TO CHILD
BIRTH
• ALSO STIMULATESMILK
EJECTION
26. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
DIABETES MELLITUS
• CAUSE: DUE TO
HYPOSECRETION OF
INSULIN FROM PANCREAS
• SYMPTOMS: FREQUENT
URINATION THAT IS LOADED
WITH SUGAR.
DIABETES INSIPIDUS
• CAUSE: DUE TO
HYPOSECRETION OF ADH
OR VASOPRESSINFROM
POSTERIOR LOBE OF
PITUITARY.
• SYMPTOMS: FREQUENT
URINATION BUT COPIOUS
URINE[TASTELESSURINE]