Hank fills us in on the endocrine system - the system of glands that produce and secrete different types of hormones directly into the bloodstream to regulate the body's growth, metabolism, and sexual development & function.

References:
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/hypopit/anatomy.html
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/index.html
http://www.khanacademy.org/science/healthcare-and-medicine/v/intro-to-the-endocrine-system
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21540080
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9807636
http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(98)00169-3/abstract

Table of Contents
1) Signalling Systems 2:07:0
2) Pituitary 3:19:1
3) Hypothalamus 4:17:1
4) Thyroid 4:52:1
5) Adrenal 5:38:1
6) Pancreas 6:51:1
7) Biolography 8:49:2

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