Endocrine System

A goiter is an enlargement of what gland?

• Pituitary
• Adrenal
• Mammary
• Thyroid

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

Progesterone is responsible for?

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

For what are the testes?

• control menstrual cycle
• produces hormones that control BSL (blood sugar level)
• control blood pressure
• control male characteristics

The "master gland" is known as the __________________.

• thyroid gland.

• adrenal gland.

• pancreas.

• pituitary gland.

The gland that stimulates body metabolism

• Thyroid
• testes
• ovary
• adrenal

Controls your blood sugar

• thyroid

• pancreas

• adrenals

• kidneys

The organ that makes estrogen and progesterone is the __________.

• pituitary gland

• pineal gland

• ovary

• vagina

What do you call a rare condition that causes abnormal growth in children due to the decrease in the production and secretion of growth hormones?

• diabetes

• giantism

• dwarfism

• goiter

What gland is involved if a person’s blood sugar level becomes unstable?

• adrenal

• parathyroid

• pancreas

• ovary