Review for Human Body Test #3
Endocrine, Excretory, Immune, & Reproductive Systems
Endocrine System
1. What is the function of the endocrine system?
2. A __________________ is a chemical messenger that controls how cells function.
Name the endocrine gland that matches each key word listed below.
3. ____________________ Calcium (this gland controls calcium absorption in your body)
4. ____________________ Day and Night (this gland helps to set your circadian, or day and night rhythm)
5. ____________________ Female hormones (these
glands make estrogen and progesterone in females)
6. ____________________ Immune system (this gland
helps to make antibodies when you are young)
7. ____________________ Insulin (this gland
regulates blood sugar and produces digestive
enzymes)
8. ____________________ Male hormones (these
glands make testosterone in males)
9. ____________________ Metabolism (this gland
makes iodine based hormones that control growth
and metabolism)
10. ____________________ The Master Gland (this
gland controls growth, reproductive development,
and many other glands)
11. ____________________ Water/Salt Balance and
Adrenaline (the glands on top of each kidney that
produce your fight or flight hormone)
Label the diagram with the numbers from 3-11
above.
Excretory System
12. Name three functions of the excretory system.
13. Blood is carried into and out from the kidneys by the ________________ arteries and ______________
veins.
14. Urine is carried from the kidneys to the urinary bladder by two tubes called ____________________.
15. Urine passes out of the body from the urinary bladder
through a tube called the ____________________.
16. The __________________ filter blood, remove waste,
and balance the water content of the blood.
17. What materials are returned to the blood by the
kidneys? Some __________________ and some
________________.
18. What materials are removed from the blood by the
kidneys and not returned? Excess _________________,
excess _________________, and __________________ (waste)
Label the parts of the urinary (excretory) system shown in the diagram.
Immune system
19. What is the function of the immune system?
20. What is a pathogen?
21. Name 4 of the 6 Non-specific defenses your body has against pathogens.
a. __________________________
b. __________________________
c. __________________________
d. __________________________
Name the part of your Specific Immune Response that fits each definition.
22. _______________________ – coordinates the immune system attack
23. _______________________ -- destroys infected body cells
24. _______________________ – large white blood cells that engulf (swallow) and destroy pathogens
25. _______________________ – proteins that bind to specific parts of pathogens called antigens
26. _______________________ – white blood cells that make antibodies
Reproductive System
27. What is the function of the reproductive system?
28. A sperm ______________________ an egg to create a zygote.
29. Eggs are produced in the ________________________, while sperm are produced in the
_________________.
30. The __________________________ ________________ carries the egg from the ovary to the uterus.
31. Ovulation occurs during the menstrual cycle when an _________________ is released.
Label the following parts of the male and female reproductive system.
32. A zygote starts to divide and becomes an ______________________.
33. Two embryonic stages are the blastocyst stage ( a ____________________ ball of cells), and the gastrula
stage ( a ____________________ ball of cells).
34. After 8 weeks of development, the embryo is called a ____________________.
Put the following stages of development in chronological order.
Adolescent
__________________________
Adult
__________________________
Child
__________________________
Embryo
__________________________
Fetus
__________________________
Infant
__________________________
Toddler
__________________________
Zygote
__________________________
Lymphatic System
35. Name the two functions of the lymphatic system.
36. The clear fluid that collects in the spaces between cells is called ________________.
37. Lymphatic vessels collect and dump the lymph back into the ___________________.
Answers: 1.To produce hormones.
2.Hormone 3.Parathyroids 4.Pineal 5.Ovaries
6.Thymus 7.Pancreas 8.Testes 9.Thyroid
10.Pituitary 11.Adrenal 12.Filter waste from
the blood, control water balance, store and
remove waste from the body 13. Renal, renal
14.ureters 15.Urethra 16.kidneys 17.water,
salts 18.water,salts,urea 19.prevent and fight
infection by pathogens 20. A disease causing
agent 21.intact skin, mucus, earwax, enzymes
in tears & saliva, stomach acid, platelets 22.
Helper T cells 23.Killer T cells 24.macrophages
25.antibodies 26.B cells 27.to produce
children 28.fertilizes 29.ovary, testes
30.Fallopian tube 31.egg A.Urethra B.Prostate
Gland C.vas deferens D.Testes E.Fallopian tube
F.Uterus G.Ovary H. Vagina 32.embryo
33.hollow, dented 34.fetus Stages: Zygote,
Embryo, Fetus, Infant, Toddler, Child,
Adolescent, Adult.35.collect fluid from around
the cells and monitor that fluid for the
presence of germs 36.lymph 37.bloodstream