Endocrine System

What is the function of the endocrine system?

• Communicate and Control

• Replicate and Reproduce

• Synthesize and Simplify

• Translate and Transmit

Exocrine glands ______ into ducts.

Endocrine glands are _____less and secrete _______ into blood.

Which of the following do hormones regulate?

• Nervous

  Endocrine

  Reproduction

  Metabolism

• Cardiovascular

  Skeletal

  Muscular

  Integumentary

• Metabolism

  Growth & Development

  Reproduction

  Homeostasis

• Digestive

  Height

  Sexs

  Homeostasis

What do protein hormones do?

• bind to receptors within target cell, influencing cell activity by acting on DNA

• bind to receptors on target cell, triggering second messenger to affect cell's activity

What do steroid hormones do?

• binds on receptors of target cell, triggering 2nd messenger to activate and influence cell's activity

• binds with receptors within target cells, and influences cell activity by acting on the DNA?

Insulin secreted from the pancreas depending on blood sugar is an example of ___A____ feedback.

During labor, muscle contractions become stronger because of controlled oxytocin. This is an example of ____B____ feedback.

Answer explanation

Postglandins are hormones for specific tissues. What do postglandins control?

• Respiration

• Reproduction

• Blood Pressure

• Muscular Synapse

TRUE OR FALSE

Negative feedback and positive feedback are both trying to reach homeostasis.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Hypothalamus: produces ___ and ______, controls _____, _____, and ______.

An ⬆️ in meatbolic rate is caused by

• Hypothalamus

• T3 and T4

• T1 and T2

• Pituitary Gland