CHAPTER 33: Endocrine and Reproductive Systems
- Baby Blues
- How are post-partum depression and frog metamorphosis related?
This page from a Human Biology class at the University of Virginia
discusses the effects of corticotropin-releasing hormones in
humans and in other animals.
- Mothering and Oxytocin
- While the hormone oxytocin is important during labor and in stimulating the flow of milk, it is also important in creating the maternal bond. This article discusses the hormones that prepare pregnant mammals for motherhood.
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- Endocrine System
- To get to this part of the BodyQuest human anatomy site, click on Endocrine System under Find. Here you can learn about endocrine glands and view graphics of them.
- The Endocrine System
- Find out more about hormones and the endocrine system at this fully illustrated site from The On-Line Biology Book.
- Hormones: Sources, Targets, and Functions
- This list of hormones, their sources, what they affect, and what they do was compiled by the University of Virginia.
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33.3 HEALTH OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
- Diabetes Public Health Resource
- Diabetes is probably the endocrine disorder best known to
the general public. This CDC page links to stories on diabetes research and to websites
with public health information.
- Patient Information on Diabetes
- This fact sheet comes from The National Institute of Diabetes
and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. It includes descriptions of
different forms of diabetes, statistics about diabetes, and links
to the National Diabetes
Information Clearinghouse.
- Environmental Estrogens and Other Hormones
- This resource from the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental
Research explains what is known about environmental estrogens,
how they affect animals in the wild, and what we know about their
effects on humans.
- Anabolic Steroids: A Threat to Mind and Body
- This report describes the use and abuse of anabolic steroids,
discussing the history of their use and the effects of anabolic
steroids on blood pressure, cholesterol levels, reproductive
organs, acne, growth, and mental state. It comes from the National Institute
on Drug Abuse, a division of the National Institutes of Health.
- Endocrine & Metabolic Diseases
- Read about acromegaly, Addison's Disease, and other endocrine disorders in these fact sheets from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease.
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- Reproductive System
- To get to this part of the BodyQuest human anatomy site, click on Reproductive System under Find. Here you can learn about the male and female reproductive systems, view graphics, and test your knowledge by playing a game.
- Immune Benefits of Breast Milk at a Glance
- You have probably heard a lot of talk about the benefits
of breast milk as compared to baby formula. Take a look at this
table to see why breast milk is so beneficial to babies.
- Lactation Biology
- This may be the most extensive resource on milk and milk
production on the Internet, explaining topics as diverse as the
classification of mammals, the composition of milk, and lactation
in echidnas. This class is taught at the University of Illinois
Department of Animal Sciences.
- Amphibian Embryology Tutorial
- Movies, photos, and detailed descriptions of the developmental
stages of frogs can be found at this University of Wisconsin-Madison
website.
- Bill Wasserman's Developmental Biology Page: Movies and Pictures
- View movies of development in sea urchins, amphibians, fish, and nematodes collected by a professor at Loyola University Chicago. The stages featured here range from fertilization to eye and neural tube development.
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- PBS Online:Morphing Embryos
- Ace photographer Lennart
Nilsson took these photographs of a developing human, pig,
chick, and fish for the NOVA Special, "Odyssey of Life."
See his remarkable color photographs as stills or as a morphed
movie on this page.
- Cesarean Section: A Brief History
- Look at woodblock prints of the earliest cesarean sections, as you read about the early history of this delivery procedure. This is the online version of a brochure produced by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for the National Library of Medicine.
33.6 HEALTH OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
- STD Facts and Information
- Information about sexually transmitted diseases
can be found at this site.
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