Ch. 7.13 Endocrine System Key Terms
This gland sits on top of each kidney and helps your body handle stress.
What are the adrenal glands?
These female reproductive glands make estrogen, progesterone, and eggs.
What are the ovaries?
This organ forms during pregnancy to support and feed the baby.
What is the placenta?
This hormone made by the pancreas raises blood sugar
What is glucagon?
This hormone from the testes helps develop male traits.
What is testosterone?
These glands release hormones straight into the bloodstream.
What are endocrine glands?
This gland makes insulin and glucagon to control blood sugar.
What is the pancreas?
These male glands make sperm and testostero
What are the testes?
This hormone, made by the adrenal glands, is released during fight-or-fight
What is adrenaline?
This small gland signals other glands when to release hormones.
What is the pituitary gland?
This body system controls growth, metabolism, and reproduction using hormones.
What is the endocrine system?
These four tiny glands behind the thyroid control calcium in the body.
What are the parathyroid glands?
This gland in the chest helps develop the immune system in children.
What is the thymus?
This hormone helps you sleep and is made by the pineal gland
What is melatonin?
These glands do NOT release hormones—they release things like sweat or enzymes.
What are exocrine glands
These glands use ducts to release things like sweat or saliva.
What are exocrine glands?
This small gland in the brain makes melatonin to regulate sleep.
What is the pineal body (pineal gland)?
This gland in the neck controls your metabolis
What is the thyroid gland?
This hormone from the thyroid helps set your body’s energy level.
What is thyroxine (T4)?
This system works closely with the nervous system to maintain homeostasis.
What is the endocrine system?
These chemical messengers travel through the blood to control body functions.
What are hormones?
Known as the “master gland,” it controls all the others.
What is the pituitary gland?
This hormone made by the pancreas lowers blood sugar.
What is insulin?
This hormone from the ovaries helps regulate the menstrual cycle
What is estrogen (or progesteron)?
These glands are essential for keeping calcium levels normal.
What are the parathyroid glands?