The Glands and Hormones of The Endocrine System

Your body produces 50 different hormones that regulate everything in your body. This video covers some important endocrine glands and their hormones. The major endocrine glands are: the hypothalamus, the pituitary glands, the pineal gland, the thyroid gland, the parathyroid gland, the pancreas, the adrenal glands, and the gonads (testes in males and ovaries in females). The hormones they produce control everything from sleep, hunger and mood to reproduction and metabolism.