Unit 7 Day 7 Anatomy
Life is the first gift, Love is
the second, Understanding
the third.
Marge Pierce
Today’s Agenda
 Complete
remaining hormones
 Notes on how hormones function
 Practice hormone functions
Function of the endocrine system
Secrete
chemicals
(hormones) that regulate
the body.
Endocrine Glands
Ductless
Produce
chemical messenger
Hormone released into blood
stream
Exocrine Glands
 Have
ducts
 Produce a variety of substances
(sweat, oil, enzymes)
 Release chemicals through
ducts
What makes a hormone a
hormone?
 1. Secreted by endocrine gland
 2. Released into circulatory
system
 3. Travels to and acts on
specific target cells.
Identify gland, hormone, target cell
Adrenal, Aldosterone, Kidney
Picture to label