ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

GLANDS WHICH SECRETE HORMONES DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM ARE CALLED THE ___________ GLANDS.

ENDOCRINE

THE "CONTROL CENTER" FOR THE PITUITARY GLAND IS THE :

HYPOTHALAMUS

WHICH ELEMENT DOES THE THYROID NEED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY?

IODINE

THE RATE AT WHICH CHEMICAL REACTIONS OCCUR IN THE BODY IS KNOWN AS WHAT?

METABOLISM

AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS IS:

MONITOR CHEMICAL IMBALANCES IN THE BLOOD PROTECT AGAINST EXCESSIVE HORMONE BUILD UP

THE REGULATION OF BLOOD SUGAR IS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE ORGAN CALLED THE ____________

PANCREAS

WHICH GLAND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE "FIGHT OR FLIGHT" RESPONCE?

ADRENAL MEDULLA

A GOITER IS WHAT?

AN ENLARGED THYROID

PITUITARY ADRENAL THYROID PANCREAS

BASE OF BRAIN LOCATED ON KIDNEYS LOCATED IN THE NECK ASSOCIATED WITH THE SMALL INTESSTINE

THE PARATHYROID GLANDS AFFECT THE METABOLISM OF __________

CALCIUM

CHEMICALS THAT ORIGINATE AND HAVE THEIR EFFECTS IN THEIR LOCAL TISSUE ENVIRONMENT ARE CALLED WHAT?

CYTOKINES AND PARACRINE

THE _________ GLANDS ARE THE OVARIES AND TESTES.

ENDOCRINE

THE HORMONES IN GIRLS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING FEMALE CHARACTERISTICS ARE CALLED WHAT?

ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE

GLANDS WHICH SECRETE HORMONES THROUGH DUCTS ARE CALLED THE ___________ GLANDS.

EXOCRINE

ADRENALINE IS SECRETED BY THE PITUITARY GLANDS?

FALSE

THE DISEASE WITH HIGH BLOOD SUGAR IS HYPOGLYCEMIA?

FALSE

THE HORMONES INVOLVED IN REGULATING BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS ARE CALLED WHAT?

GLUCAGON AND INSULIN

THE "MASTER" GLAND WHICH REGULATES THE ACTIVITIES OF ALL THE GLANDS IS CALLED THE __________ GLAND.

PITUITARY

THE GROWTH OF SKELETAL BONES IS CONTROLLED BY A HORMONE FROM THE :

PITUITARY

THE HORMONE VASOPRESSIN, OR ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE, RESPONSIBLE FOR REABSORPTION OF WATER BY THE KIDNEYS IS SECRETED BY THE _________ GLAND.

PITUITARY

THE HORMONES IN BOYS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING MALE CHARACTERISTICS ARE CALLED WHAT?

TESTOSTERONE AND ANDROGEN