Type 1 Diabetes: The Role Of The Endocrine System
The Role of the Endocrine System
Insulin, a hormone buried by the pancreas, controls blood sugar levels in the body. It travels from the pancreas to the liver in the bloodstream. Other responses are controlled by hormones; the response is slower but longer lasting than if it had been controlled by the nervous system. Diabetes Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes is an auto-immune disease where the body’s immune system attacks the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. People with type 1 diabetes cannot produce insulin and require a lifetime of insulin injections for survival. The disease can occur at any age, although it mostly occurs in children and young adults. Type 1 diabetes can also be called ‘juvenile onset diabetes’ or ‘insulin dependent …show more content…
Progesterone is another hormone unseen by ovaries: it maintains the lining of the uterus and stays high during pregnancy.
What happens during the different stages of the Menstrual Cycle?
Menstruation
Menstruation is the elimination of the thickened lining of the uterus from the body through the vagina. Menstrual fluid contains blood, cells from the lining of the uterus and mucus.
Follicular phase
The follicular phase starts on the first day of menstruation and ends with ovulation. The pituitary gland produces a hormone that stimulates the egg cells in the ovaries to grow. One of these egg cells begins to mature in a sac-like-structure called follicle. It takes 13 days for the egg cell to reach maturity. While the egg cell matures, its follicle produces a hormone that stimulates the uterus to develop a lining of blood vessels and soft tissue called endometrial.
Ovulation
On the 14th day of the cycle, the pituitary gland produces a hormone that causes the ovary to release the matured egg cell. The released egg cell is swept into the fallopian tube by the cilia of the fimbriae. Fimbriae are finger like projections located at the end of the fallopian tube close to the ovaries and cilia are slender hair like projections on each Fimbria.
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Insulin, a hormone buried by the pancreas, controls blood sugar levels in the body. It travels from the pancreas to the liver in the bloodstream. Other responses are controlled by hormones; the response is slower but longer lasting than if it had been controlled by the nervous system. Diabetes Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes is an auto-immune disease where the body’s immune system attacks the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. People with type 1 diabetes cannot produce insulin and require a lifetime of insulin injections for survival. The disease can occur at any age, although it mostly occurs in children and young adults. Type 1 diabetes can also be called ‘juvenile onset diabetes’ or ‘insulin dependent …show more content…
Progesterone is another hormone unseen by ovaries: it maintains the lining of the uterus and stays high during pregnancy.
What happens during the different stages of the Menstrual Cycle?
Menstruation
Menstruation is the elimination of the thickened lining of the uterus from the body through the vagina. Menstrual fluid contains blood, cells from the lining of the uterus and mucus.
Follicular phase
The follicular phase starts on the first day of menstruation and ends with ovulation. The pituitary gland produces a hormone that stimulates the egg cells in the ovaries to grow. One of these egg cells begins to mature in a sac-like-structure called follicle. It takes 13 days for the egg cell to reach maturity. While the egg cell matures, its follicle produces a hormone that stimulates the uterus to develop a lining of blood vessels and soft tissue called endometrial.
Ovulation
On the 14th day of the cycle, the pituitary gland produces a hormone that causes the ovary to release the matured egg cell. The released egg cell is swept into the fallopian tube by the cilia of the fimbriae. Fimbriae are finger like projections located at the end of the fallopian tube close to the ovaries and cilia are slender hair like projections on each Fimbria.
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