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, pineal, thyroid, parathyroid, thymus, pancreas, ...

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.

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.

A blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart.

The process of identifying a disease or disorder by its signs and symptoms.

A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.

  A defensive response of the body to injury or disease, causing redness, swelling, pain, and a feeling of heat in certain areas that is meant to protect affected tissues.

Diffuse alopecia is characterized by abnormal hair loss or baldness.

Diffuse alopecia is characterized by abnormal hair loss or baldness.

An ulcer that breaks through the wall of the stomach or the duodenum, causing stomach or intestinal contents to leak into the abdominal cavity.

Sores in the superficial gastric mucosa characterized by multilocular (many grouped together) peptic ulcers of the gastric antrum, or bottom of the stomach before the pylorus, or end part.

A chronic disorder of soft mouth tissue characterized by small, painful purpuric, raised (bumps), or erosive sores that are often surrounded by erythematous (inflamed) margins. Erosive sores eat away at normal tissue.

An ulcer, or sore, in the lining of the first part of the small intestine, also called the duodenum.

A sore in the lining of the esophagus, stomach, or duodenum. An ulcer in the stomach is a gastric ulcer; an ulcer in the duodenum is a duodenal ulcer.