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The Endocrine System Coloring Activities Question Sheet
Assignment: Read the overview on the Coloring Activity and color when instructed to do
so. Then answer the questions below.
1. The endocrine glands are________________glands that secrete ____________________
directly into body fluids. The job of hormones is to help the body maintain _____________
also known as biological balance with the internal and external environments.
2. Hormones regulate ____________________reaction rates, water balance, the transport of
substances through________________and function in the processes of ________________
& __________________.
3. Neurons of the_______________are connected to the ______________ _____________
by means of a narrow stalk or infandibulum. These neurons make and secrete hormones
stored in the posterior pituitary gland. The _______________ also releases hormones that
stimulate the secretion of hormones in the anterior pituitary gland.
4. The pineal gland secretes_________________. The activity of this hormone appears to
be regulated by varying light conditions outside the body and has been implicated in
circadian rhythms. Refer to p. 295 in your text and define a circadian rhythm. ___________
__________________________________________________________________________
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5. Located inferior to the larynx, anterior to and wrapping around the sides of the trachea is
the_________________ gland. This gland produces three hormones (p.286-87 in your text)
______________, ________________ & ____________________. __________________
& ______________increase the rate of energy release from carbohydrates, increase the rate
of protein synthesis, accelerates growth and stimulates the nervous system. _____________
lowers calcium & phosphate ion concentrations in the blood by inhibiting their release from
the bones and increases their excretion by the________________.
6. The 4________________________glands located on the posterior (dorsal) side of the
thyroid gland produce the hormone___________________________or PTH (p.288 in text).
It inhibits the activity of ______________(bone builders) and stimulates osteoclasts to
absorb bone calcium, increasing the_____________levels in the blood. This hormone also
stimulates the absorption of calcium from food in the small___________________,
increasing blood calcium.
7. The____________gland sits behind the sternum. It produces hormones called _________
(See p. 365 in text) which stimulate the maturation of _______________after they leave the
thymus. The thymus________________as human’s age.
8. The____________ is largely a digestive organ producing a variety of digestive enzymes.
It also produces two hormones______________&________________. Glucagon stimulates
the liver to breakdown______________and certain amino acids, producing ____________.
This results in___________________ blood sugar levels. (see p.294 in text).
9. The second hormone released by the pancreas is ______________which stimulates the
liver to make glycogen from glucose and inhibits the conversion of noncarbohydrates into
____________.
10. Insulin also promotes the facilitated ______________ of glucose and amino acids into
___________ & ____________muscle as well as adipose tissue. It also ______________
protein synthesis in cells and promotes the storage of_________________in adipose tissue.
11. The__________________glands sit atop the kidneys. They are divided into the adrenal
_____________ & the ______________.(see p. 289 of text). The cells of the adrenal
medulla produce ________________&_________________. Both hormones increase
______________ & _____________rates, increase the force of heart contractions, raise
blood_________________levels and elevate _______________pressure while decreasing
_______________activity.
12. Cells of the adrenal_________, which is superficial to the adrenal medulla, produces
two steroid hormones. Aldosterone causes the kidney to conserve_________________ions
and excrete______________ions. This stimulates_______________retention, maintaining
blood_______________ & ____________________. A second steroid hormone,
_____________, influences the metabolism of__________, __________, & ___________.
13. The kidney produces________________&________________, two hormones that
regulate water balance in the body.
14. ____________________is produced by the testes and regulates___________production
and secondary__________characteristics.
15. Estrogens are produced in the________________. They support the _______________
& __________________of the eggs and reproductive structures.