A hollow muscular tube located in the middle of the chest that connects the mouth with the stomach and performs swallowing through highly coordinated muscle actions called peristslsis that quickly move food into the stomach… 

Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals used by the body for metabolism.

Four small endocrine glands located in the neck close to the thyroid gland that make parathyroid hormone (parathormone) and release it in response to parathyroid stimulating hormone for the purpose of regulating calcium and phosphorus metabolism.

An endocrine gland located under the breastbone in the chest that produces T-lymphocytes for the purpose of controlling immune function.

The part of the brain that monitors hormone levels of all the exocrine glands and controls their activity through action on the pituitary gland to secrete whatever stimulating hormone is needed. The exocrine glands are: pituitary,… 

An exocrine gland located in the brain that regulates the activity of other glands by releasing 10 different stimulating hormones into the bloodstream. The pituitary is controlled by the hypothalamus.

A hormone produced by the pituitary gland located in the brain that causes the thyroid gland to release thyroxine hormone into the bloodstream.

One of two glands each located on top of a kidney that makes adrenocortical hormones and releases them as required into the bloodstream.  The three adrenal hormones are glucocorticoids (cortisol) to control the stress response, mineralocorticoids (aldosterone) to… 

An endocrine gland located in the neck that makes thyroid hormone and releases it in response to thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) for the purpose of controlling metabolism.

In females, one of two endocrine glands located in the lower abdomen that makes the hormone estrogen and releases it in response to follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) produced by the pituitary gland for the purpose of developing female sexual…