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Endocrine Glands
Hormones
The Heart
Blood
100
This gland, located in the neck, produces calcitonin and thyroid hormone.
Thyroid
100
This hormone is controlled by a positive feedback mechanism during childbirth.
Oxytocin
100
This is the largest and thickest artery of the systemic circuit.
Aorta
100
This kind of blood vessel allows exchange of substances between the blood and other tissues.
Capillaries
200
This structure belongs to both the endocrine and nervous systems, and helps to govern the autonomic nervous system.
Hypothalamus
200
Diabetes mellitus is caused by the body’s inability to produce or use this hormone.
Insulin
200
This structure acts as a natural pacemaker for the heart.
Sinoatrial (SA) node
200
People with this blood type have neither A nor B antigens on their red blood cells.
Type O
300
This gland, located on top of the kidney, produces epinephrine, norepinephrine, and glucocorticoids.
Adrenal gland
300
This category of hormone is unable to pass through the target cell’s plasma membrane, so instead binds to a receptor on the cell membrane.
Peptide hormone
300
On an electrocardiogram (ECG), this wave corresponds to ventricular systole.
QRS wave
300
This type of formed element is produced from fragmentation of megakaryocytes.
Platelets
400
This gland produces melatonin, which helps to regulate the sleep cycle.
Pineal gland
400
High levels of growth hormone occurring in an adult causes this condition.
Acromegaly
400
Deoxygenated blood enters the heart through which chamber?
Right atrium
400
This disease can be caused when a mother is Rh negative and a father is Rh positive.
Hemolytic disease of the newborn
500
This gland produces two hormones which work antagonistically with one another to maintain blood glucose homeostasis.
Pancreas
500
This hormone, produced by the kidneys, works to increase red blood cell production.
Erythropoietin
500
This kind of blood vessel carries oxygenated blood to the systemic circuit and deoxygenated blood to the pulmonary circuit.
Arteries
500
Neutrophils and monocytes use this method to engulf and destroy bacteria and other pathogens.
Phagocytosis