Functions
What are the 2 main jobs of the pancreas?
What is 1. Secretes insulin to control level of sugar in the blood, 2. Aid in food digestion?
What are the 2 parts of the pituitary gland?
The adrenal glands are on top of what organ in the human body?
What is the kidneys?
What are the 2 hormones the ovaries releases?
What is estrogen and progesterone?
Where is the pituitary gland located?
What is at the base of the brain?
What are the functions of the pituitary gland?
What is 1. Control many other endocrine system glands, 2. Helps control body and tissue growth, 3. Secretes endorphins
What are the 2 lobes of the thyroid gland called?
What is the right and left lobes?
What is the pituitary gland attached to?
What is the hypothalamus?
What are the 3 hormones that the adrenal cortex secretes?
What is mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, and adrenal androgens?
What can T-cells also be called?
What is T-lymphocytes?
What does the hormone triiodothyronine do?
What is play vital roles in the body's metabolic rate, heart and digestive functions, muscle control, brain development and function, and the maintenance of bones?
What are the 4 regions of the pancreas called?
What is the head, neck, body, and tail?
What is the thyroid gland attached to?
What is the trachea?
What are the 2 hormones produced by the posterior pituitary gland?
What is oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone (ADH)?
Where is the thymus located?
What is between the lungs and behind the breastbone (sternum)?
What are the functions of the hypothalamus?
What is regulating sleep-wake cycles, body temperature, and appetite, and regulate the function of other endocrine glands?
What are the parathyroid glands on the left lobe of the thyroid called?
What is L Parathyroids?
What 3 organs surround the pancreas?
What is the spleen, gallbladder, and liver?
List at least 5 hormones that are secreted by the anterior pituitary gland.
What is follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), adreno-corticotropic hormone (ACTH), growth hormone (GH), melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH), and prolactin?
All adrenocortical hormones are __ hormones, and are made out of _____. (Fill in the blanks)
What is steroid; cholesterol
What are the jobs of the adrenal glands?
What is produce hormones that help regulate your metabolism, immune system, blood pressure, response to stress and other essential functions?
List at least 3 parts of the thymus.
What is 1. Thymic corpuscle, 2. Medulla, 3. Cortex, 4. Capsule, 5. Interlobular septum?
What is the pineal gland attached to?
What is attached to the roof of the third ventricle by a short stalk?
What are all of the hormones that the hypothalamus produces?
What is corticotrophin-releasing hormone, dopamine, growth hormone-releasing hormone, somatostatin, gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and thyrotrophin-releasing hormone?
What happens to the kidneys without aldosterone?
What is lose excessive amounts of salt (sodium) and, consequently, water, leading to severe dehydration and low blood pressure?