Endocrine System

Biology Project

Youssef Mohamed Salah Mohamed Ahmed

Grade 6 Brighton
E.E.L.S
What Is The Endocrine System ?

It’s a system, which is made out of glands that produces and secrets
hormones.
Hormones like: adrenaline , insulin, growth hormone, thyroid hormone.
What happens if your endocrine system isn’t healthy ?
You might have problems developing puberty, getting pregnant, or
managing stress.
You might also gain weight easily, have weak bones, or lack energy.
Adrenaline
 It is produced and secreted by the adrenal gland.
 This hormone is secreted when you are in Fear of something, in a Fight or during a
Flight(Fear-Fight-Flight).
• Functions:
o Increasing heart rate
o Increasing breathing rate
o Pupils widen
o Glucagon is transferred into glucose, then released into the body by the liver
o Increasing blood pressure

• What happens If someone has too little amount of

adrenaline ?
o this is very unusual to happen, but if this happens it does not show as a medical
disorder.
Insulin:
 It is produced and secreted by the pancreas.
 Is secreted when the concentration of sugar level is increased in the blood
• Functions:
o Increasing the conversion of glucose to glucagon.
o Reducing the concentration of glucose in the blood.

• What happens when someone has little amount of insulin ?

o Increase of sugar rate in the blood
Growth hormone:
 Helps developing puberty.
 In Males:
The testis the gland releasing the hormone
The male hormone is called, Testosterone.
Functions:
Causes the development of male sexual characteristics.
 In Females:
The ovary is the gland releasing the hormone.
The female hormone is called, Estrogen.
Functions:
Causes the development of female sexual characteristics.
If our body lacks this hormone, it will cause problems in puberty
Glossary:
gland: an organ in the human body which secretes a chemical substance for use in the
body
Hormones: are chemical substances produced by glands and are carried by the blood.
Pancreas: an organ
Testis: part of the male sex organ
Ovary: part of the female sex organ
References:
https://www.livescience.com/26496-endocrine-system.html
https://www1.udel.edu/chem/C465/senior/fall00/Performance1/epinephrine.htm.html
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323760
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_hormone