Endocrine System

Catalog description

The endocrine system acts to coordinate the body's activities using chemical messengers (hormones) that are transported by the circulatory system to influence every cell, organ, and function of our bodies. The foundations of this system are the glands and the hormones they produce. Hormones, as the body's chemical messengers, transfer information and instructions from one set of cells to another and are thereby instrumental in regulating mood, growth and development, cellular and tissue function, metabolism, sexual function and reproductive processes. The course covers the endocrine system and its hormonal products, including (a) the hormone producing cells, (b) synthesis, release and transport of the hormones, (c) the effects of hormones on target cells covering hormone receptors, signal transduction and the mechanisms of hormone action, (d) the intricacies of the hormonal and metabolic feedback regulatory mechanisms, (e) the effects of hormones on physiological processes as well as…