endocrine organ
51exhaustion atrophy — atrophy of an endocrine organ from prolonged overwork of it …
52pineal gland — pin′eal gland n. anat. a small, cone shaped endocrine organ in the posterior forebrain, secreting melatonin and involved in biorhythms and gonadal development Also called epiphysis 2) …
53pineal gland — /ˈpɪniəl glænd/ (say pineeuhl gland) noun an endocrine organ located in the midbrain, which secretes the hormone melatonin; epiphysis. Also, pineal body …
54ring gland — noun : an endocrine organ of various two winged flies that lies about the aorta and is apparently concerned with the initiation of metamorphosis …
55reproductive system, human — Organ system by which humans reproduce. In females, the ovaries sit near the openings of the fallopian tubes, which carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus. The cervix extends from the lower end of the uterus into the vagina, whose opening, as… …
56gland — Organ specialized for secretion by the infolding of an epithelial sheet. The secretory epithelial cells may either be arranged as an acinus with a duct or as a tubule. Glands from which release occurs to a free epithelial surface are exocrine;… …
57hormone — hormonal, hormonic /hawr mon ik, moh nik/, adj. /hawr mohn/, n. 1. Biochem. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues… …
58human disease — Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness …
59digestive system, human — Introduction the system used in the human body for the process of digestion. The human digestive system consists primarily of the digestive tract (alimentary canal), or the series of structures and organs through which food and liquids pass… …
60syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …
