Endocrine System

The endocrine system is made up of glands that release hormones into the blood.

• True

• False

Are chemicals that travel in the blood and cause changes in different parts of the body

• Hormones
• Glands
• Parathyroid 
• Adrenal Gland 

What are some major organs of the Endocrine system?

• Heart and blood vessels
• Mouth, Lungs, Bronchi, and Trachea
• Esophagus, Stomach, Small and large instestine
• Pineal gland, Thyroid gland, Adrenal gland, and pancreas

Controls long term changes such as growth

• limbic system

• endocrine system

• nervous system

• temporal lobe

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is the function of the endocrine system?

• to filter and eliminate the waste from the blood

• to secrete hormones into the bloodstream to regulate body activities

• to provide structure and support for the body

• to defend the body against pathogens

When you eat a burger , your body produces insulin to control blood sugar . What type of feedback is that

• Positive feedback

• Negative Feedback

• None

• Both

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Body's central command organ

• Brain

• Spinal Cord

• Stomach

• Heart

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Allows your brain to communicate with the rest of your body

• Heart

• Brain

• Blood Vessels

• Spinal Cord

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

________________ gather info from around your body and send this info to the brain

• Sensory Neurons

• Motor Neurons

• The Brain

• The Spinal Cord

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What are glands?

• Organs that make and excrete waste

• Organs that make and release secretions

• Organs that make and release white blood cells

• Organs that make and excrete carbon dioxide