Endocrine system and hormones

Organ that produces and releases chemicals that affect the activity of other tissues

• Gland

• Hormone

• Lungs

• Muscles

Which gland is indicated by E?

• Hypothalamus

• Pituitary

• Thyroid

• Thymus

• Adrenal

Which gland is indicated by D?

• Hypothalamus

• Pituitary

• Thyroid

• Thymus

• Adrenal

Which gland is indicated by C?

• Hypothalamus

• Pituitary

• Thyroid

• Thymus

• Adrenal

Which gland is indicated by B?

• Hypothalamus

• Pituitary

• Thyroid

• Thymus

• Adrenal

Which gland is indicated by A?

• Hypothalamus

• Pituitary

• Thyroid

• Thymus

• Adrenal

Chemicals that stimulate other glands to release their hormones.

• Releasing hormones

• Gland

• Hypothalamus

• Pituitary gland

Region of the brain that coordinates activities of the nervous and endocrine systems and that controls many body activities relates to homeostasis.

• Hormone

• Gland

• Hypothalamus

• Pituitary gland

A substance made in one cell or tissue causing change in another cell or tissue, somewhere else in the body.

• Hormone

• Gland

• Hypothalamus

• Pituitary gland

Hormones travel through the nervous system. True or false?

• True

• False