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Endocrine glands release hormones (chemical messengers) into the bloodstream to be transported to various organs and tissues throughout the body. For instance, the pancreas secretes insulin, which allows the body to regulate levels of sugar in the blood. The thyroid gets instructions from the pituitary to secrete hormones which determine the pace of chemical activity in the body (the more hormone in the bloodstream, the faster the chemical activity; the less hormone, the slower the activity).

• Acromegaly
• ACTH
• Acute Adrenal Crisis
• Acute Pancreatitis
• Addison's Disease
• Adrenal Biopsy
• Adrenal Glands
• Adrenocortical Carcinoma
• Annular Pancreas
• Apoplexy
• Biliary Obstruction
• Chronic Thyroiditis (Hashimoto's Disease)
• Colloid Nodular Goiter
• Craniopharyngioma
• Cushing's Syndrome
• Cushing's Syndrome - Adrenal Tumor
• Diabetes
• Diabetes Insipidus
• Diabetes Insipidus - Central
• Drug-Induced Hypothyroidism
• Ectopic Cushing's Syndrome
• Endocrine
• Exogenous Adrenal Insufficiency
• Gigantism
• Glucagonoma
• Graves' Disease
• Hyperaldosteronism - Primary and Secondary
• Hypercalcemia
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
• Hypoparathyroidism
• Hypopituitarism
• Hypothyroidism
• Insulinoma
• Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) I
• Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) II
• Pancreas Divisum
• Pancreas Transplant
• Pancreatic Abscess
• Pancreatic Carcinoma
• Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumor
• Pancreatic Pseudocyst
• Pancreatitis
• Parathyroid Adenoma
• Parathyroid Biopsy
• Parathyroid Hyperplasia
• Pheochromocytoma
• Pituitary Cushing's (Cushing's Disease)
• Pituitary Dwarfism
• Pituitary Infarction
• Pituitary Tumor
• Precocious Puberty
• Primary Hyperparathyroidism
• Prolactinoma
• Prolactinoma - Males
• Pseudohypoparathyroidism
• Retrosternal Thyroid
• Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
• Sheehan's Syndrome
• Stein-Leventhal Syndrome
• Subacute Thyroiditis
• Testicular Biopsy
• Testicular Failure
• Thyroid Cancer
• Thyroid Cancer - Papillary Carcinoma
• Thyroid Diseases
• Thyroid Excisional Biopsy
• Thyroid Nodule Fine Needle Aspirate
• TSH
• Type 1 Diabetes
• Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome

Review Date : 1/14/2002
Reviewed By : A.D.A.M. Medical Illustration Team and J. Gordon Lambert, MD, Associate Medical Director; G. Eric Morgan, MS3; RxRemedy

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