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What do we call the chemical messenger substance made by the endocrine system?
What is hormone?
What is the time when you start developing the physical characteristics of adults of your gender.
Puberty
This gland is predominantly located at the base of the brain.
What is pituitary gland?
a disease where the pancreas cannot make enough insulin to keep the blood glucose level constant which therefore rises to very high concentrations is called
What is diabetes?
This is referred to as the "master gland"
What is pituitary gland?
What are the gonad glands in the human body?
What are testes and ovaries?
What is the period between childhood and adulthood.
Adolescence
Where does digestion begin?
Mouth
This organ controls development of the male secondary sexual characteristics
What is testes?
What body system is responsible for the break down of food and turning it into energy?
Digestive
The name of this gland secretes hormone when we are in stressful situations such as preparing for a race, going for a job interview or just taking a difficult exam
What is adrenal gland?
What is in saliva that helps to break down food?
Enzymes
This hormone prepares the body for immediate action in stressful situations (also known as the fight –or-flight response)
What is adrenaline?
This organ filters the blood and produces bile.
What is liver?
206
What is a social change that happens during adolescence?
-new friends, new opinions, new responsibilities
What gland produces a hormone that regulates the speed at which your body turns food into energy. It also helps regulate growth.
Thyroid
This steroid hormone produced by the testes in males and is found in small amounts in the ovaries of females, is responsible for muscle protein growth and repairs muscle damage which can occur during exercise.
What is testosterone?
Small intestine
What body systems are responsible for movement?
Skeletal and muscular
What is the name of the part of the brain responsible for balance and coordination?
Cerebellum
What ages does puberty typically start between?
8-14
Which organ in the body produces insulin?
What is pancreas?
What type of muscle surrounds the heart?
Cardiac
What does it mean to eat "real foods"?
-not heavily processed
-comes from nature