Up at the very top of the tallest tower in Brain Headquarters sits the CEO, Ms. Hypothalamus.
She is calm, calculating, and always watching the monitors: temperature, blood sugar, salt levels, mood swings, even who’s been crying in HR (that’s the limbic system).
She runs on feedback reports. It is her job to keep the whole company BodyCo. stable, balanced, and efficient.
Enter: Ms. Pituitary – PA (Personal Assistant) to Ms. Hypothalamus
Down the hall, Ms. Pituitary keeps a crisp notepad and a headset.
When the CEO says, “We’re overheating, tell Mr.Thyroid to cool us down,”
Ms. Pituitary sends out official memos (little courier hormones that head straight to the department heads in the bloodstream).
She has two offices:
- Front Office (Anterior) – writes and sends instructions (TSH, ACTH, LH, FSH, GH, Prolactin).
- Back Office (Posterior) – simply releases messages pre-written by the boss (ADH, Oxytocin).
She is the glue between thought and action.
The Department Heads
All across BodyCo, departments hum into motion:
- Thyroid (Energy and Production) boosts metabolism.
- The Adrenal team (Emergency and Stress Division) fire up fuel and alert systems.
- The Gonad team (Growth & Reproduction) handle expansion projects.
- Liver (Logistics) keeps the power supply running smoothly.
Each department sends feedback reports back upstairs.
If things are running too hot, Ms. Hypothalamus gets the alert and tells Ms. Pituitary, “Stand down the troops.”
That is the negative feedback loop, the company’s way of preventing burnout.
The Corporate Culture
- Every signal, every hormone, every memo keeps BodyCo balanced.
- Too many emails (hormones) and chaos breaks loose. Too few, and departments start guessing what to do.
So, Ms. Hypothalamus, CEO of BodyCo checks her dashboard every second, keeps her PA focused, and together they run the smoothest operation in biology.