Components:
- All the glands that secrete hormones
Function:
- Regulate growth, metabolism, and general body function
- Hormones' effects are generally more long-term than nerve impulses'
Diseases or disorders:
- Hypothyroidism, when the thyroid gland does not secrete enough hormones for the body
- Diabetes, where the pancreas, a gland, does not produce enough of the hormone insulin to process the glucose in the body
- The glands of the endocrine system even effect the body's sleep
- Chronic stress can lead to heart disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, kidney failure, diabetes etc. because of its major effect on the endocrine system