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Endocrine glands of human body

Explain main endocrine glands of human body?

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Main endocrine glands of the human body include pineal gland or pineal body, the thyroid, the hypophysis or pituitary, the parathyroids, the endocrine part of pancreas, the adrenals and the gonads (testicles or ovaries).Various other organs such as the heart, the kidneys, and the placenta too have endocrine functions.

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