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Endocrine control Worksheet
1.
What is an Endocrine Gland?
2.
The chemical messenger secreted by an endocrine gland is called a…
3.
How does an Endocrine Gland differ from an Exocrine Gland?
4.
Where could a hormone receptor be located?
5.
A protein hormone and many peptide hormones would bind with a receptor located in this
place.
6.
Name 9 endocrine glands in a human body.
7.
What hormones are released by the hypothalamus to control the anterior pituitary gland? What
is the action of each hormone?
8.
What hormones are released from the posterior pituitary, where are they produced, and what is
the target organ and action for each hormone.
9.
What hormones are released from the anterior pituitary, where are they produced, and what is
the target organ and action for each hormone
10.
What hormone is secreted by the Parathyroid Gland, of this hormone and what does this
hormone do in the body?
11.
What hormone is secreted by alpha cells and what hormone is secreted by beta cells in the
Pancreas and what do these hormones do in the body?
12.
What cells are stimulated by insulin and what cells are not stimulated by insulin? And
stimulated to do what?
13. What is meant by Type I and Type II diabetes (juvenile versus adult onset diabetes) and what is
the cause of each type?
14. What are the two parts of the Adrenal Gland, what hormones are secreted by each part, and what
do these hormones do in the body?
15. Where is the pineal gland? What hormone does it produce? When is the hormone secreted, and
what does the hormone do?
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endocrine
system
1) calcium homeostasis
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endocrine
glands
2) female reproductive glands
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target tissue
3) responsible for carbohydrate metabolism
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hormones
4) glands that send secretions called hormones to specific
sites
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pituitary gland
5) responsible for fight / flight
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thyroid gland
6) specialized tissues that are effected by hormones
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parathyroid
gland
7) male reproductive glands
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oxytocin
8) produced by the ovaries
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pancreas
9) regulates metabolism and uses iodine
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adrenal
glands
10) often called the master gland
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ovaries
11) made up of three groups: Amines, Proteins, and steroids
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testes
12) produced by the posterior pituitary gland causes
contractions of the uterus and stimulates the release of milk
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progesterone
13) the other regulating system of the body
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testosterone
14) development of secondary sex characteristics