Endocrine System

Hormone Actions

100

Which hormone secreted in a daily rhythm influences sleep/wake cycles?

melatonin

200

What does the endocrine system release?

hormones

300

hormones travel through what?

bloodstream

400

fight or flight hormone?

adrenaline

500

What does insulin control?

blood sugar levels

Glands

100

List three major endocrine glands.

The major organs of the endocrine system include the: 1. Hypothalamus 2. Pituitary 3. Thyroid gland 4. Parathyroid glands 5. Thymus gland 6. Pineal gland 7. Pancreas 8. Adrenal glands 9. Gonads

200

Which gland is the "master gland"?

pituitary gland

300

What does the thyroid gland control?

metabolism

400

What do adrenal glands help with?

stress

500

Where is the thyroid located?

the neck

Homeostasis

100

What organ makes insulin?

pancreas

200

What hormone helps you sleep?

melatonin

300

What gland makes melatonin?

pineal gland

400

What do ovaries produce?

estrogen

500

What do testes produce?

testosterone

Pathology

100

What disease involves high blood sugar?

diabetes

200

Too little thyroid hormone is called

hypothyroidism

300

Too much thyroid hormone is called

hyperthyroidism

400

What connects nervous and endocrine system?

hypothalamus

500

What does metabolism mean?

how our body uses energy

Endocrine System

100

Hormones act fast or slow? 

slow

200

Endocrine effects last short or long?

long

300

What helps control growth?

growth hormone

400

What gland controls all the others?

pituitary 

500

List two differences between the nervous and endocrine systems.

acting fast or slow, effects last longer or shorter