And the master gland in your body is the pituitary, which produces many hormones that signal other glands — like the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and pineal glands — to make their own hormones.

你体内的主要腺体是垂体，它产生许多荷尔蒙，向其他腺体发出信号——比如甲状腺、甲状旁腺、肾上腺和松果腺——制造自己的荷尔蒙。

Because some of the pituitary's hormones stimulate other glands to produce their own hormones, the pituitary called the master gland. Others endocrine glands are the thyroid, the pancreas and the adrenal glands.

大脑、脊髓、和神经也控制着身体活动。