ShmoopTube

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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by abnormalities [Man in a gym with his shirt off]

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those abs or anything but normal yeah impressive alright here's our question..

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Johnny is not growing at the rate that is expected of his age his parents

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decide to take him to an endocrinologist to help figure out whether or not there

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is an abnormality in his endocrine glandular system say that three times

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fast...Which part of the system will the doctor likely check first and here are our

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potential answers.... Right all of our answers are part of the endocrine [Different parts of the endocrine glandular system]

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glandular system the question is which one is specific to growth, well we can

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tell you right now it's not A because the pancreas produces things like

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insulin and other digestive enzymes if Johnny here were being angsty over some [Johnny clutching his stomach]

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gallstones well maybe this would be our answer but he's writing sad songs about

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his height instead.. ah, middle school.. And if Johnny's sad songs were about say

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being hungry or tired maybe B would be our answer seeing as the hypothalamus is [Johnny in a living room and the doctor appears]

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a portion of the brain that controls things like body temperature, hunger,

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thirst and sleep.. not height. This isn't our answer and unless one of his songs

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is called pain sorrow and high blood pressure then it's probably not the [Johnny writing a song]

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adrenal glands which produce hormones that control blood pressure and stress

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crucial yes but shorty they do not make and it's definitely not E because the

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thyroid gland regulates the body's metabolic rate as well as heart and

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digestive function so that leaves us with D the pituitary gland the ultimate [Pituitary gland highlighted on a diagram of the brain]

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source of Johnny's woes, attached to the base of the brain the pea-sized gland is

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crucial to controlling growth and development if you've got to write an

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emo song Johnny write it about this guy or keep writing about how tragic your [Johnny writing a song about the pituitary gland and pours a bowl of cornflakes]

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life is when you have too much milk and not enough cereal..it's like listening to the

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next Adele album...

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