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Name__________________________________________________________Regulation Questions
1. What is the major function of the endocrine system?
2. What is the function of an endocrine gland?
3. What are hormones?
4. What gland is the “Master gland”?
5. What is the function of the master gland?
6. Describe two disorders associated with this gland.
7. Where is the thyroid located, and what is it’s function? What hormone does
it produce?
8. What is a disorder associated with the thyroid?
9. What are two hormones produced by the pancreas?
10. How do these hormones maintain homeostasis?
11. How is diabetes caused?
12. What hormone is produced by the adrenal gland? Where is it located? What
is its function?
13. What are the ovaries responsible for? What are the two hormones produced
here?
14. What hormone is produced by the testes? What is it responsible for?
15. Give an example of how two glands may interact with each other.
16. What is a nerve cell called? What does it do?
17. What are neurotransmitters? Where are they secreted?
18. Why are they important?
19. Name and describe three parts of the neuron.
20. Diagram and label the neuron.
21. Describe the pathway between nerve cells.
22. What is a sensory neuron responsible for?
23. What is an interneuron? Where is it located?
24. Where does the motor neuron send its message?
25. What are reflexes? Draw a diagram of a reflex arc and label it.
26. Describe the movement of an impulse along a neuron.
27. Describe how neurons communicate with each other.
28. What is the central nervous system?
29. Describe the four parts of the nervous system.
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30. What is the peripheral nervous system?
31.Why do we get Goosebumps?
32. Give an example of how a person might benefit when they produce adrenaline?