Hormones
By: Steve Parker.
Series: Body focus : injury, illness and health; Body focus
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Endocrine glands -- Juvenile literature; Hormones -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Why does your heart beat faster when you are afraid? How can steroid abuse affect your body's hormones? What causes diabetes, and can it be prevented? Investigate the miracles of the human body with Body Focus. Find out about the body parts and systems that enable us to eat, run, jump, think, and feel. Discover what sorts of things can go wrong with our bodies, from common illnesses to more unusual problems. Hormones explores the functions and structure of the endocrine system, looking at how its parts work together to send chemical messengers around our bodies. It explains the different illnesses and injuries that can affect our hormones, from diabetes to goiter, and outlines ways to keep your body healthy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.
Table of contents: title: The hormonal system; title: What is a hormone?; title: Hormones and feedback; title: Hormones and health; title: Chief hormonal gland; title: Anterior pituitary; title: Posterior pituitary; title: Pituitary problems; title: Thyroid hormones; title: Parathyroids; title: Thyroid disorders; title: The thymus; title: - Hormones of the pancreas; title: Problems of the pancreas; title: Adrenal glands; title: Adrenal cortex; title: Adrenal medulla; title: Hormones and stress; title: Adrenal problems; title: Other hormones.