Hormones
Functions of the System
Glands and the Hormones
Endocrine System and Homeostasis
100

What hormone has two that release hormones that enable the body to respond to stress and react quickly?

What are adrenal glands?

100

What are endocrine tissues secretes chemical messages called?

What is endocrine gland?

100

This happens when something finds the target cell, it binds to a receptor protein in the cell and delivers its chemical message?

What is a hormone?

100

What is a control system where the effect of a hormone inhibits further release of the hormone?

What is negative feedback?

200

What hormones receives information from the nervous system and controls the activity of the putuitary gland?

What is hypothalamus?

200

What is a chemical message produced by an endocrine gland?

What is a hormone?

200

What happens after a hormone binds to a receptor protein in the cell and delivers its chemical message?

What is a response with appropriate action?

200

How does the endocrine system take negative feedback?

What is using negative feedback and controls the amount of hormone that a gland releases.

300

What four hormones has glands that regulate the release of calcium into the blood?

What are parathyroid glands?

300

What messages are carried through the bloodstream to other parts of the organisms?

What are hormones?

300

What is secreted by the glands regulating body functions, control other endocrine glands, and cause growth?

What are hormones?

300

What is a control system in which the effect of a hormone causes more of a hormone to be released?

What is positive feedback?

400

What hormone signal the immune system to produce cells to fight infections?

What is thymus gland?

400

What are sent by the endocrine system that are transmitted less rapidly than messages sent by the nervous system?

What are messages sent by the endocrine system?
400

What is the main idea of endocrine glands and their hormones?

What hormones are highly targeted messengers?

400

What is the difference between negative and positive feedback?

What is whereas negative feedback helps maintain homeostasis, positive feedback does not.

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