endocrine organ
121gland — gland1 glandless, adj. glandlike, adj. /gland/, n. 1. Anat. a. a cell, group of cells, or organ producing a secretion. b. any of various organs or structures resembling the shape but not the function of true glands. 2. Bot. a secreting organ or… …
122Artificial pancreas — The artificial pancreas is a technology in development to help people with diabetes automatically control their blood glucose level by providing the substitute endocrine functionality of a healthy pancreas. There are several important exocrine… …
123MEN1 — Multiple endocrine neoplasia I Identifiers Symbols MEN1; MEAI; MENIN; SCG2 External IDs …
124Diabetes in dogs — Illustration of a dog s pancreas. Cell islet in the illustration refers to a pancreatic cell in the Islets of Langerhans, which contain insulin producing beta cells and other endocrine related cells. Permanent damage to these beta cells results… …
125Hormone — Hormones (from Greek Polytonic|ὁρμή impetus ) are chemicals released by cells that affect cells in other parts of the body. Only a small amount of hormone is required to alter cell metabolism. It is also a chemical messenger that transports a… …
126Nervous system — Nerve redirects here. For other uses, see Nerve (disambiguation). This article is about the nervous system. For parts of the nervous system commonly called nerves, see Peripheral nerve. Nervous system The Human N …
127Haemochromatosis — Infobox Disease Name = Haemochromatosis Caption = DiseasesDB = 5490 ICD10 = ICD10|E|83|1|e|70 ICD9 = ICD9|275.0 ICDO = OMIM = 235200 OMIM mult = OMIM2|602390 OMIM2|606464 OMIM2|604720 OMIM2|604653 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic …
128Autonomic nervous system — The autonomic nervous system Blue = parasympathetic Red = sympathetic Latin divisio autonomica systematis nervosi peripherici The autonomic nervous system (ANS or visceral nervous syste …
