Endocrine Systems Learning Check

A chemical that is produced by glands to regulate cellular activities and is distributed around the body by blood.

• Hormone

• Thyroxine

• T-Cells

• Neuron

Match the following:

• Parathyroid Hormone

• Pineal Gland

• Melatonin

• Parathyroid Gland

• Epinephrine

• Adrenal Gland

• Thyroxin

• Pituitary

• Growth Hormone

• Thyroid Gland

Hormones from this gland help the immune system develop during childhood.

• parathyroid

• thymus

• pituitary

• sdrenal

What hormone lowers blood calcium?

• Calcitonin
• PTH
• Glucagon
• Insulin

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Hormones from this gland control other endocrine glands

• Pituitary

• Hypothalamus

• Thymus

• Pancreas

What hormone stimulates uterine contraction during childbirth and releases milk in nursing mothers?

• prolactin
• calcitonin
• T3 and T4
• oxytocin

Which of the following is a function of the endocrine system?

• maintain homeostasis through regulation of growth, metabolism, and sexual development

• provide the body with defense mechanisms to protect against pathogens

• provide boundaries and protective surfaces to lubricate and line vital organs

• propagate electrical impulses to communicate information between brain, spinal cord, muscles, and sensory organs

______ produces the hormons insulin and glucagon.

• thyroid

• thymus

• pancreas

• tests

What pancreatic hormone increase blood glucose levels?

• glucagon
• insulin
• glucocorticoid
• epinephrine

This hormone maintains circadian rhythms and is most active during sleep

• melanin

• melatonin

• Thymic factor hormone

• Thyroid stimulating hormone