Endocrine System Review

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

• Hormones
• Glands
• Parathyroid 
• Adrenal Gland 

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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

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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

Hormones travel through the blood and encounter many cells. How do they affect ONLY target cells?

• Target cells have receptors that match up with the hormone

• Target cells send out signals that attach to hormones and draw them to the cell

• Target cells have cell membranes with a different composition

• Magic!

An organ that produces secretions called hormones is known as a :

• chemical
• gland
• hormone
• duct

What is gland #3?

• Adrenal Gland
• Pancreas
• Ovaries
• Testes

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Letter H is pointing to

• Thymus
• Pancreas
• Pituitary
• Pineal

Letter I is pointing to

• Testes
• Oviducts
• Ovaries
• Adrenals

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Letter J is pointing to

• Ovaries

• Pineal Gland

• Adrenal

• Testes

The gland labeled 4 in the diagram is?

• the thymus gland

• the thyroid gland

• the parathyroid glands

• the adrenal glands