Chapter 18 Lecture Video

This chapter features the endocrine system. It starts with some general principles related to hormones and endocrine organs, and then it goes into more detail about major endocrine structures and the hormones they produce. There is a brief mention of organs with secondary endocrine functions, but these will be covered in more detail in later chapters.

CONTENTS
0:00:00 Intercellular Communication and Nervous vs. Endocrine Systems
0:10:06 Endocrine System: Overview
0:13:18 Hormones: Classes, Actions, Receptors, Stimuli, Inactivation
0:28:06 Negative Feedback
0:29:48 Hypothalamus (Includes Hypophyseal Portal System)
0:39:09 Pituitary Gland (Anterior vs. Posterior)
0:53:00 Thyroid Gland and Parathyroid Glands (Includes Calcium Homeostasis)
1:10:13 Adrenal Glands (Includes Stress Response)
1:25:29 Pineal Gland
1:31:50 Pancreas (Includes Blood Glucose Homeostasis and Diabetes)
1:49:09 Adipose Tissue
1:54:29 Organs with Secondary Endocrine Function and Endocrine Disorder Terminology
1:59:17 Hormone Interactions