endocrine Review

What is the main function of the endocrine system?

• It creates chemicals, or hormones, that are sent around the body to maintain homeostasis.

• It creates electrical messages that are sent around the body to maintain homeostasis.

• It maintains the correct level of oxygen in the body to maintain homeostasis.

• It releases waste from the body to maintain homeostasis.

This gland is located between the lungs behind the sternum and secretes thymosin that helps mature WBC's in our bodies when we are children.  (a)  

• thyroid
• parathyroid
• thymus
• brain stem

What is gland #3? (a)  

• Adrenal Gland
• Pancreas
• Ovaries
• Testes

Letter H is pointing to (a)  

• Thymus
• Pancreas
• Pituitary
• Pineal

Letter I is pointing to (a)  

• Testes
• Oviducts
• Ovaries
• Adrenals

The gland labeled 4 in the diagram is? (a)  

• the thymus gland
• the thyroid gland
• the parathyroid glands
• the adrenal glands

What is the function of the thymus?

• Help the immune system by training and developing cells

• Danger the inmune system

• Links nervous system to endocrine system

• Regulates blood sugar

Which one here reduces the amount of

glucose in the blood?

(a)  

• Insulin
• Glucagon
• Glycogen
• ADH

A hormone is _____________________.

• a chemical substance produced by a gland and carried by the lymph.

• an enzyme produced by a gland and carried by the blood.

• a chemical substance produced by an organ and carried by the blood.

• a chemical substance produced by a gland and carried by the blood.

Hormones cause specific effects by ______.

• Flooding the entire body

• Targeting specific parts of the brain

• Targeting specific groups of cells in the body

• Spreading through the nervous system