Located at the base and front of the neck, it influences our emotions, intellectual ability and physical vitality and was once considered our master gland. T-cells circulate in the blood and lymph to help protect the body from invaders or malignant cells. This flat, yellow gland is about 5 inches long, residing just below the left side of the rib cage. Glucose is used for energy. Located on each side of the lower abdomen of women, these glands regulate the reproductive process through hormone secretions.
Ovulation is the release of an egg from an ovary.
Located outside the body for better temperature control, they manufacture and store spermatozoa. They also produce testosterone which controls the physical and mental characteristics of a male. Every hormone is conveyed through either blood or lymph to stimulate or inhibit the activity of another organ or tissue. Prolonged stress can cause the thymus and lymph glands to shrivel and also exhaust the adrenals, which tire of trying to keep up with demand.