6/17/2009
Endocrine system/ sistema endocrino
The endocrine or hormonal system is a set of organs and fabrics of the organism(organisation) that liberate a type of substances called hormones and is constituted besides these, for specializing cells and endocrine glands. It(he,she) acts as a network of cellular communication that answers to the stimuli liberating hormones and he is the manager of diverse metabolic functions of the organism(organisation); between(among) them we find:
* To control the intensity of chemical functions in the cells.
* To govern the transport of substances across the membranes of the cells.
* To regulate the balance (homeostasis) of the organism(organisation).
* Make appear the sexual secondary characteristics.
* Other aspects of the metabolism of the cells, as growth and secretion
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