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Organization
Communication and Control
Hormones and Homeostasis
Major Organs and Hormones
Pancreas
100
A mass of similar cells that perform a specific function
What is a tissue?
100
These types of stimuli cause hormones to be released into the bloodstream by glands.
What are physical and emotional?
100
List five endocrine glands.
Hypothalamus, Pituitary, Adrenal, Pineal, Parathyroid, Thyroid, Thymus, Islets of Langerhans, Testes, Ovaries
100
The Brain of the Brain
What is the hypothalamus?
100
Insulin release can be stimulated by this.
What is high blood glucose levels?
200
This tissue covers interior and exterior body surfaces
What is epithelial tissue?
200
True or False. Endocrine system signals are very accurate and longer lasting than those of the nervous system.
TRUE.
200
He coined the term homeostasis in 1932 in his book The Wisdom of the Body.
Who is Walter Canon?
200
This is the headquarters for both the nervous and endocrine systems.
What is the pituitary gland?
200
90% of the time, this type of diabetes is due to obesity.
What is adult onset (Type 2) diabetes?
300
These three body systems function in some form of protection for the body.
What are the skeletal, immune, and integumentary?
300
This hormone is release after eating a very large meal.
What is insulin?
300
This converts glycogen to glucose.
What is glucagon?
300
This hormone increases the metabolic rate of nearly all the cells of the body and increases the rate of cell growth.
What is thyroxin?
300
This regulates the conversion of carbohydrates into glucose.
What is cortisol?
400
The human eye is part of this body system.
What is the nervous system?
400
True or false. The endocrine system is comprised of many glands centrally located in the body.
FALSE.
400
This "gland" has both endocrine and exocrine functions.
What is the pancreas?
400
This is the body's response when exposed to epinephrine.
What is fight or flight?
400
Also known as Type 1 Diabetes, this affects those under twenty years old.
What is juvenile diabetes?
500
This tissue provides support for the body and connects its parts.
What is connective tissue?
500
This type of cell has a receptor for a specific hormone or other chemical substance.
What is a target cell?
500
True or False. Homeostasis is only found in 9 of the eleven body systems.
FALSE.
500
This hormone prevents excessive loss of water through the kidneys and maintains the balance between sodium and potassium in the blood.
What is aldosterone?
500
These cells inside the pancreas produce the hormone insulin.
What are beta cells?