Hormones
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| Main Author: | Parker, Steve. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Ill. :
Heinemann Library,
c2003.
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| Series: |
Body focus : injury, illness and health
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Table of Contents:
- The hormonal system
- What is a hormone?
- Hormones and feedback
- Hormones and health
- Chief hormonal gland
- Anterior pituitary
- Posterior pituitary
- Pituitary problems
- Thyroid hormones
- Parathyroids
- Thyroid disorders
- The thymus
- - Hormones of the pancreas
- Problems of the pancreas
- Adrenal glands
- Adrenal cortex
- Adrenal medulla
- Hormones and stress
- Adrenal problems
- Other hormones.