Hormones
This Hormone regulates blood sugar levels by lowering it.
What is insulin?
This "master gland" controls many other endocrine glands.
What is the pituitary gland?
The endocrine system mainly uses these to communicate in the body.
What are Hormones?
This disease is caused by a lack of insulin or the body not responding to it.
What is diabetes?
This endocrine gland is shaped like a butterfly.
What is the thyroid gland?
This Hormone is released during stress and increases heart rate.
What is adrenaline (epinephrine)?
Thus gland produces insulin and glucagon.
What is the pancreas?
This body process is controlled by hormones like growth hormone.
What is growth and development?
This condition is caused by too little thyroid hormone
What is hypothyroidism?
The endocrine system uses these chemical messengers to communicate.
What are hormones?
This hormone controls metabolism and is produced by the thyroid.
What is (T4)?
These glands sit on top of the kidneys.
What are the adrenal glands?
Hormones help maintain this stable environment.
What is homeostasis?
This disorder is caused by too much thyroid hormone.
What is hypothyroidism?
This tiny gland in the brain helps regulate sleep by releasing melatonin.
What is the pineal gland?
This anterior pituitary hormone stimulates the thyroid gland to release T3 and T4
What is thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)?
This gland regulates calcium levels in the blood.
What is the parathyroid glands?
This Hormone increases water reabsorption in the kidneys by acting on the collecting ducts, helping regulate blood volume and osmolarity.
What is antidiuretic hormone (ADH)?
This disorder involves excess cortisol production, often causing weight gain and high blood pressure.
What is Cushing's Syndrome?
Unlike the nervous system, the endocrine system sends signals through this body system.
What is the circulatory system (bloodstream)?
This Hormone released by the hypothalamus, triggers the anterior pituitary to secrete ACTH.
What is corticotropin-releasing hormone (CHR)?
This gland shrinks after puberty and plays a role in immune function
What is the thymus?
This Hormone increases blood calcium levels by acting on bones and kidneys.
What is parathyroid hormone (PTH)?
This rare disorder is caused by insufficient production of multiple pituitary hormones.
What is hypopituitarism?
This endocrine organ also acts as part of the immune system and shrinks after puberty.
What is the thymus?