QUIZ Endocrine System Glands and Hormones

What is the Endocrine System?

• Body system that helps blood circulate the body
• Body system that helps the body using hormones
• Body system that helps support and movement 
• Body system that helps us breath 

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What are glands?

• Another word for hormones.
• Organ where oxygen can pass through.
• an organ which produces and releases substances that perform a specific function in the body.

• A type of disease.

What are some major organs of the Endocrine system?

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

What are some diseases for the Endocrine system?

• Thyroid Cancer and Type 1 diabetes
• Influenza and asthma 
• Kidney disease
• Gallstones

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A goiter is an enlargement of what gland?

• Pituitary
• Adrenal
• Mammary
• Thyroid

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Glands located on the kidneys that regulate the use of carbohydrates and salt, and prepare the body for emergencies.

• Thyroid gland
• Pancreas
• Adrenal glands
• Ovaries/testes

What are the functions of the Pancreatic hormones?

• Reduce or increase blood sugar levels
• Increase blood calcium levels
• Increase blood pressure
• Decrease rate of metabolism

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The gland(s) most responsible for controlling your growth is

• The endocrine gland.
• The pituitary gland.
• The adrenal glands.
• The thymus gland.

Insulin and glucagon;

• Are secreted by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans
• Elevate blood glucose
• Are secreted in response to declining plasma levels of glucose
• Are secreted by the pancreas and are concerned with the regulation of blood glucose

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Progesterone and estrogen is responsible for?

• Regulation of menstrual cycle
• Release of glucocorticoids
• Increase blood sugar level
• Decrease stress level