Endocrine System Review

What does the liver do?

• Pumps blood

• Trades oxygen

• Stores erythrocytes

• 500 different jobs

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Blood sugar is controlled using this organ

• Pancreas

• Thymus

• Thyroid

• Pineal gland

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What part of the kidney makes fight-or-flight hormones?

• Nephrons

• Adrenal glands

• Ureter

• Glomerulus

The master control for the endocrine system is a part of the brain called the

• hypothalmus

• pineal gland

• pituitary gland

• cerebrum

What hormone warns the body that glucose has run out?

• Calcitonin

• Aldosterone

• Glucagon

• Insulin

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What hormone puts humans to sleep?

• Melanin

• Melatonin

What does erythropoietin do?

• Makes white blood cells

• Makes red blood cells

• Raises blood calcium

• Lowers blood calcium

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What hormone keeps sodium from being discarded?

• Cortisol

• Prolactin

• Oxytocin

• Aldosterone

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What hormone undoes parathyroid hormone's effects?

• Calcitonin

• Kalitonin

• Aldosterone

• hypothyroid hormone

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The body's metabolism is raised and lowered using

• calcitonin and parathyroid hormone

• norepinephrine

• antidiuretic hormone

• thyroxine and triiodothyronine

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