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The thyroid gland, the parathyroid gland,
adrenal gland, and the pancreas are major
endocrine glands in the body, having specific
functions. I’ve already described the specific
details of the histology of the pituitary
gland and the hormonal products that that
gland produces. In this lecture, you’re
going to learn about the glands that I’ve
listed on this particular slide. At the end
of this lecture, you should have a very good
understanding of how to distinguish and characterize
the various types of glands, endocrine glands
that I’m going to talk about. You need to
understand and know the products of each of
these glands, the hormones secreted and have
a general idea of the general functions.
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The specific details of each of these hormones
and their target cells and how they interact
with these target cells will be explained
to you in lectures in, say an endocrinology
course. On this slide, I’ve listed general
functions of the endocrine organs that I’m
going to describe in this lecture. I’m going
to also provide in this lecture the structural
components or characteristics that serve all
these sorts of functions.