About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: Testicle, Thyroid, Adrenal gland, Hypothalamus, Ovary, Pituitary gland, Endocrinology, Stress, Human skeleton, Gonad, Anabolic steroid, Pineal gland, Amylin, Multiple endocrine neoplasia, Somatostatin, Thyroid disease in pregnancy, Endocrine gland, Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2b, Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, Anterior pituitary, Adrenal cortex, Parietal eye, Adrenarche, Posterior pituitary, Adrenal medulla, Insulin oscillations, Defense physiology, Thyroid adenoma, Nelson's syndrome, Mestanolone, Pituitary disease, Zona reticularis, Adrenergic agonist, Pituitary stalk, Pituitary apoplexy, Zona fasciculata, Lobes of thyroid gland, Hormone receptor, Zona glomerulosa, Pars intermedia, Pars tuberalis, Zuckerkandl's tubercle, Pancreatic juice, Enteroendocrine cell, Adrenalectomy, Adrenocortical adenoma, Pinealocyte, Pyramidal lobe of thyroid gland, Ductless gland, Spongiocyte, Lalouette's Pyramid, Organification, Melanotroph. Excerpt: Anabolic steroids, technically known as anabolic-androgen steroids (AAS) or colloquially simply as "steroids" or "'roids," are drugs which mimic the effects of the male sex hormones: testosterone and dihydrotestosterone. They increase protein synthesis within cells, which results in the buildup of cellular tissue (anabolism), especially in muscles. Anabolic steroids also have androgenic and virilizing properties, including the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics such as the growth of the vocal cords, testicles, and body hair (secondary sexual characteristics). The word anabolic comes from the Greek anabole, "that which is thrown up, mound," and the word androgenic from the Greek andros, "of a man" + - -genes, "born." Anabolic steroids were first isolated, identified and synthesized in the 1930s, and are now used therapeutically in medici...
