Endocrine System

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

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

What is the pituitary gland?

• the master gland
• helps you go to sleep
• influence metabolic rate
• decrease blood calcium

What is the function of hypothalamus?

• the master gland
• controls all other endocrine glands
• senses the hormone levels in the blood
• helps you go to sleep

Pineal gland – 

• produces a hormone (melatonin) that helps you go to sleep
• produces a hormone that stimulates the immune response in children
• hormone that increases blood
• decreases bone calcium levels

Function of pancreas:

• control blood pressure
• produces hormones that control BSL (blood sugar level)
• control female characteristics
• control sperm production

What is the main function of the endocrine system?

• It creates chemicals, or hormones, that are sent around the body to maintain homeostasis.

• It creates electrical messages that are sent around the body to maintain homeostasis.

• It maintains the correct level of oxygen in the body to maintain homeostasis.

• It releases waste from the body to maintain homeostasis.

Letter H is pointing to

• Thymus
• Pancreas
• Pituitary
• Pineal

What structure is this?

• Pancreas

• Thyroid

• Parathyroid

• Adrenal glands