Name _________________________________________ Period __________________
Study Guide for the Endocrine System
___________ is also called adrenaline and it is secreted by the adrenal medulla.
The hypothalamus, a neuroendocrine gland, is in the __________.
The pituitary gland or __________ is attached to the base of the brain and has anterior
lobe and posterior lobe.
The _______________ System is slow and longer lasting than the Nervous System.
The __________ gland is controlled by the hypothalamus.
Cells have special protein receptors. Cells that have more affinity for receptors than
other cells are called ______________________.
The kidney is not a major _____________ gland.
_____________ affect target cells by diffusing into cells from the bloodstream and the
study of these chemical is called endrocrinology.
The more ___________ produced by the adrenal medulla is likely to produce increased
metabolism.
The pineal gland produces ________________ which sets sleep cycles.
FSH and LH control the gonads and are called __________________.
The thyroid hormone that moves calcium from the blood to storage in the bone is
____________.
____________ is the process of forming new sugar from non-carbohydrate molecules
(glucose from proteins and fats; occurs in the liver ).
The ___________ is a mixed gland composed of both endocrine and exocrine gland cells.
Hormonal stimuli is where the hypothalamus stimulates the anterior pituitary to release
TSH; TSH then stimulates the ____________ gland to release thyroxine.
The _____________ pituitary gland secretes ADH and oxytocin.
___________ gland produces calcitonin.
___________ is from the adrenal cortex and released during stress; it causes glucose to
be made from proteins and fats.
Islets of Langerhans are scattered across the __________________.
The ______________ cortex makes small amounts of female hormones.
Hyposecretion of the parathyroid hormone is called _______________________.
The __________ cells of the pancreas produce insulin which moves glucose from the
bloodstream into cells.
The __________________ consist of ovaries and testes.
_______________ feedback is where too much thyroxine in the blood shuts off the
hypothalamus production of TSH.
FSH is the ____________-stimulating hormone.
Too much _____________ hormone in childhood can make a giant.
_____________ is where too much growth hormone is produced in adulthood and large
hands and feet result.
The hormone _______________ is responsible for the increase in the body’s metabolism.
Match the hormone with its endocrine gland.
Thyroxin
Pancreas
Oxytocin
Parathyroid gland
Cortisol
Posterior pituitary gland
Insulin
Adrenal cortex
Parathyroid hormone
Thyroid gland
Match the endocrine gland with the hormone it secretes.
Adrenal medulla
Melatonin
Pancreas
Androgens
Adrenal cortex
Glucagon
Anterior pituitary gland
Epinephrine
Pineal gland
Growth Hormone
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brain
thyroid
pancreas
negative
hypothalamus
melatonin
thyroxine
parathyroid gland
gonadotropins
hormones
posterior
cortisol
hypophysis
gluconeogenesis
abnormal
follicle
glucose
adrenal
acromegaly
homeostasis
pituitary
hypoparathyroidism beta
gonads
epinephrine
calcitonin
endocrine
follicle
growth
up-regulation