ED PSYCH 321 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Mexican Americans, The Immediate, Bulimia Nervosa
1 Feb 2017
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Three chief manifestations of puberty: accelerated growth (dramatic increases in height and weight, development of primary sex characteristics and further development of the sex glands. Result in hormonal changes: development of secondary sex characteristics. Endocrine system: the system of the body that produces, circulates, and regulates hormones. Hormones: highly specialized substances secreted by one or more endocrine gland. Glands: organs that stimulate particular parts of the body to respond in specific ways to particular hormones. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (gnrh) neurons: specialize neurons that are activated by certain pubertal hormones. Set point: a physiological level or setting (of a specific hormone) that the body attempts to maintain through a self-regulating system: when the level reaches the set point, secretion of that hormone temporarily stops. Pituitary gland: one of the chief glands responsible for regulating levels of hormones in the body. Hypothalamus: a part of the brain that controls the functioning of the pituitary gland.
