The NovaSure procedure is not for those who have or suspect uterine cancer; have an active genital, urinary or pelvic infection; or have an IUD. NovaSure endometrial ablation is not a sterilization procedure. Rare but serious risks include, but are not limited to, thermal injury, perforation and infection.
The major endocrine glands include the pineal gland, pituitary gland, pancreas, ovaries, testes, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, hypothalamus, gastrointestinal tract and adrenal glands. The endocrine system is in contrast to the exocrine system, which secretes its hormones using ducts.or example the kidney secretes endocrine hormones such as erythropoietin and renin. A number of glands that signal each other in sequence are usually referred to as an axis, for example, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
[note: An endocrine gland can be a target organ for hormones secreted by other endocrine glands] - The pituitary gland has two lobes: a. Posterior Lobe [Fig. 37.5] contains endings of neurosecretory cells whose cell bodies are located in the hypothalamus. - peptide hormones secreted = oxytocin and ADH.(These hypothalamic hormones are released directly into the systemic circulation where they act on the kidneys (ADH) or on mammary glands and the uterus (oxytocin)).. Endocrine glands, endocrine cells and some neurons secrete hormones into tissue fluid from which they diffuse into capillaries. Sources of hormones in humans = the endocrine system [Fig.