ocr: Residant and Staff Physician Patient EOUCOTION Chort Location &e Function of the Endocrine Glands Endocrine glands are Hypothalmus ductless structures Pituitary They secrete hormones directly into the Pineal gland bloodstream Parathyroid They have specific target organs in Thyroid the body Thymus Adrenal gland Pancreas Control is based on a Ovary feedback" system (an increased level has a Testis depressant effect on its own production) Reprinted withp peimission from Resident. and Stalf Physician (c)1 1991-92, 19931 by Romaine Pierson Publishets,nc.