Head and neck anatomy speech (phonation). In addition to the teeth, other structures that aid chewing are the lips, cheeks, tongue, hard palate, soft palate, and floor of the mouth. Several glands of the endocrine system are found within the head and neck. Endocrine means that the secretion is used within the body. Endocrine glands are termed as ductless and release their secretions directly into the blood. The endocrine system is under the direct supervision of the nervous system, using the negative feedback principal of homeostasis, to create hormones which act as chemical instant messengers. The hypothalamus connects directly to the pituitary gland, both
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar as physiologic counterparts, influencing the associated endocrine glands with the neuroendocrine system and the psychic part of the body. The philosophy of "Ananda Marga" consider the human body as composed of the same five "fundamental factors" as the rest of the universe as explained in P.R. Sarkar's theory of "". Every factor is distributed throughout the body, but is controlled by a controlling nucleus, or "Chakra", substations of the mind, each controlling their own assigned area. And just as the mind functions directly through the brain, the "Chakras" function through their own physical counterparts – the endocrine glands. The biopsychology