Endocrine System
A collection of glands that produce and secrete hormones
What is the Endocrine System?
The bridge between the nervous and endocrine system?
What is the hypothalamus?
This part of the endocrine systems affects people with diabetes by under or over stimulating the production of insulin
What is the pancreas?
What is diabetes?
The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism
What is a cell?
The chemical balance is maintained through what?
What is the feedback?
The nickname of the pituitary gland
What is the mater gland?
This part of the endocrine system will go into action when the body is under great stress.
What is the adrenal gland?
Occurs when the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone to meet the body’s needs
What is hypothyroidism?
What is the maintaining of internal conditions despite what is happening?
What is homeostasis?
These monitor the bloodstream for a chemical imbalance
What are glands
Produces melatonin
What is pineal gland?
This gland is different in males and females
What is the reproductive gland?
Too much hormone production can make a child grow to quickly and too little can make a child stop growing
What is gigantism?
What is the analogy for target cells and hormones?
What is lock and key?
Hormones get sent to....?
What are the target cells?
Shaped like a butterfly and wrapped around the trachea
What is the thyroid?
This is located behind the sternum and near the heart
What is the thymus?
low blood glucose or low blood sugar occurs when blood glucose drops below normal levels
What is hypoglycemia?
What is an example of an exocrine gland?
Sweat, tears, salivary and digestive juices
The Endocrine system regulates what? (there are 7 things)
What is regulates mood, sleep, growth and development, metabolism, sexual function, and reproduction processes?
This is only active until puberty
What is the thymus?
This gland is shaped like a pine cone
Pineal gland
Ways people with diabetes check their blood sugar. Name at least 2
Blood sample, patch, and dogs
What other 2 systems does the endocrine system work closely with?
What is the nervous and circulatory system?