Hormones and Body Signals
Which hormone secreted in a daily rhythm influences sleep/wake cycles?
melatonin
List three major endocrine glands.
What is the 1. Hypothalamus 2. Pituitary 3. Thyroid gland 4. Parathyroid glands 5. Thymus gland 6. Pineal gland 7. Pancreas 8. Adrenal glands 9. Gonads
This type of feedback loop is more common in the endocrine system and helps the body maintain balance by reversing changes.
What is negative feedback?
When your body fights off harmful germs or infections, what is this process called?
What is the immune response?
This is the one large difference between hormones and nerves.
What is hormones travel slowly through the blood, and nerves send fast electrical signals?
This gland makes insulin
What is the pancreas?
These two hormones are produced by the pancreas to regulate blood glucose levels
What are insulin and glucagon?
A disease caused by an overactive thyroid.
What is hyperthyroidism?
When you touch something hot, what type of signal helps you quickly pull your hand away?
What is a reflex?
This gland is called the "master gland" of the endocrine system.
What is the pituitary gland?
When your body shivers to warm up or sweats to cool down, what is it trying to keep steady?
What is your internal body temperature?
What is the name of the disease where your body’s cells grow uncontrollably and form lumps called tumors?
What is cancer?
What tiny organs in your body produce hormones that travel through your blood?
What are glands?
Hormones only affect these special parts on certain cells that allow them to deliver their message.
What are receptors?
These glands sit on top of the kidneys.
What are the adrenal glands?
This body system works with the endocrine system to help keep your internal temperature, heart rate, and breathing balanced.
What is the nervous system?
What do we call the swelling or redness that happens when your body is healing from an injury or infection?
What is inflammation?
Which gland produces hormones that help you react quickly when you are scared or excited?
What are the adrenal glands?
This hormone, often called the “stress hormone,” helps your body respond to danger by increasing blood sugar and energy.
Cortisol
This small, pinecone-shaped gland deep in the brain controls your sleep-wake cycle by releasing melatonin.
What is the pineal gland?
This hormone helps the kidneys keep water in the body by reducing how much you pee, especially when you're dehydrated.
What is antidiuretic hormone (ADH)?
What do doctors call the process of checking a sick person’s symptoms to figure out what disease they have?
What is diagnosis?
Name two ways the endocrine system helps your body.
What is controlling growth, metabolism, mood, or reproduction?