Endocrine Organs
What does the pancreas do?
create insulin
How do bones move?
Skeletal muscles
What kind of messages are sent through the nerves?
electrical
What does insulin do?
regulate blood sugar
osteocytes
maintain bone
What organ is Mr. Senal's sister missing?
thyroid
What bone protects the brain?
the skull
If I feel something on my skin that is a what?
sensory input
Hormones control what? Give 2
Sleep, metabolism, puberty, menopause, growth and development.
osteoblasts
build bone
This secretes adrenaline
adrenal gland
This protects the spinal column
vertebrae
What happens in the brain after sensory input
integration
What is the big change you go through during your teen years
puberty
osteoclasts
break bone down
PG is what organ
pituitary gland
What is the inside of a bone called?
marrow
Where do nerve messages originate from?
the brain
What is the stage of life women go through in their 50's
menopause
osteology
study of bones
This organ is inside the thyroid
parathyroid
help create blood cells
what organ constantly needs a message from the brain to keep pumping?
heart
what is the phase that caterpillars go through to become a butterfly?
metamorphasis
osteoporosis
reduced bone density. porous (holes) in bones