Endocrine system revision

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What are chemicals that travel in the blood and cause changes in different parts of the body?

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Hormones

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What are some major organs of the Endocrine system?

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Pineal gland, Thyroid gland, Adrenal gland, and pancreas

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Controls long term changes such as growth

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endocrine system

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What is the function of the endocrine system?

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to secrete hormones into the bloodstream to regulate body activities

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How do hormones affect only target cells?

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Target cells have receptors that match up with the hormone

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Insulin is produced by

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the pancreas

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When the amount of a particular hormone in the blood reaches a certain level, the endocrine system sends signals that stop the release of that hormone in a process called ________________.

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negative feedback

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Exocrine

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gland that makes substances such as sweat, tears, saliva, milk, and digestive juices, and releases them through a duct or opening to a body surface

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Endocrine

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tissue that makes and releases hormones that travel in the bloodstream and control the actions of other cells or organ

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What is Homeostasis ?

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is the maintenance of a constant internal environment