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This article is intended for massage therapist that are reviewing or students that are preparing for the national exam.
Pineal gland – The pineal gland sits in the crista gailli of the ethmoid bone and produces a very necessary hormone called melatonin. This pineal gland is also thought to regulate the onset of puberty and menstrual cycles in the female body. The pineal gland is also sometimes referred to as the ”third eye” because of its regulation of internal clock cycle in the human body. Melatonin is produced by the pineal gland and melatonin production inceases during night time. This is what helps the body achieve sleep cycles and lets the body take time to repair itself nightly. The average adult is said to need eight(8) hours of sleep nightly to be able to function at peak performance.
The endocrine system nearly ever organ and system has a endocrine function. An example of this is leptin the hormone that regulates how hungry or full we feel and how fat is metabolized in body. Some of the abnormalities of hormones when the glands are not shutting down and regulating hormone levels in the body can cause gigantism or dwarfism. Hypersecretion of growth hormone (GH) during youth results in gigantism and the opposite affect hyposecretion of the growth hormone (GH) during youth results in dwarfism. In adulthood acromegaly is the hypersecretion of  growth hormone (GH) and can cause growth spirits in adulthood which can lead to other pathologies.
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