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Endocrine System
Silent Tea party R
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1. What is the
function of the Pituitary gland?
-the master gland
- produces and secretes hormones that
control that activity of other glands
2. What is the function of the thyroid
gland?
secretes thyroxine and calcitonin
3. What is the function of the parathyroid
gland?
produces parathyroid hormone (PTH)
4. What is the function of the adrenal
glands?
secretes epinephrine(adrenaline)
5. What is the function of the pancreas?
secretes insulin and glucagon
6. What is the function of the ovaries?
secretes estrogen and progesterone
7. What is the function of the testes?
secretes testosterone
8. What is the function of the hGH (human
growth hormone)?
-stimulates body growth
9. What is the function of the TSH (thyroidstimulating hormone)?
Stimulates the thyroid gland to secrete its
hormone
10. What is the function of the FSH
(follicle-stimulating hormone)?
stimulates sperm production; stimulates egg
production and estrogen secretion
11. What is the function of thyroxine?
increases metabolism
12. What is the function of parathormone?
increases blood calcium levels
13. What is the function of
epinephrine(adrenaline)?
promotes fight or flight response
14. What is the function of insulin?
decreases blood glucose levels by
transporting glucose into body cells
15. What is the function of glucagon?
increases blood glucose by stimulating liver
breakdown glycogen into glucose
16. What is the function of
estrogen/progesterone
stimulates development of female sex
characteristics; helps regulate menstrual
cycle
17. What is the function of testosterone?
stimulates development of male sex
characteristics; regulates sperm production
18. Letter G?
ovaries
19. What is H?
testes
20. What is E?
adrenal glands
21. What is B?
pituitary gland
22. What is F?
pancreas
23. What is A?
thyroid
24. What is A?
thyroid
25. What is B?
parathyroid
26. What is Negative Feedback?
-A mechanism for self regulation
detecting hormone level and maintaining it
at a set point(normal state)
27. What is a goiter?
- a disorder in which the thyroid becomes
enlarged due to too little iodine(needed to
make thyroxine) in the diet
28. What disorder occurs if an individual
has too much growth hormone released
when they are young?
gigantism
29. What disorder occurs if an individual
has too little growth hormone released
when they are young?
dwarfism
30. What is type 1 Diabetes?
A disorder in which the pancreas is
attacked by the immune system and cannot
make insulin
31. What is type 2 diabetes?
A disorder that usually can occur later in
life in which insulin is not able to control
blood glucose