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Nursing Times 117: 5, 38-42.Īuthor: John Knight is associate professor in biomedical science, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University. It also highlights the varying roles of hormones in regulating and coordinating physiological processes, as well as maintaining homoeostasis in the body.Ĭitation: Knight J (2021) Endocrine system I: overview of the endocrine system and hormones. This article – the first in an eight-part series on the anatomy and physiology of the endocrine system – explores the nature of endocrine glands and tissues, and the role of hormones as chemical signals that are carried in the blood.
The endocrine system is made up of glands and tissues that produce and secrete hormones to regulate and coordinate vital bodily functions.
