Hormones all act on all cells of the body.

A specific hormone will only act on target cells with a specific receptor for that hormone.

The thyroid and parathyroid glands are attached.

The thread and parathyroid glands are found

The adrenal glands are located

The pituitary gland is located

the pancreas is located

Endocrine secretions are always inside the body usually in the bloodstream

exocrine secretions are usually outside the body and are associated with epithelial tissues

Hormone control is usually regulated by positive feedback mechanisms

Insulin and _________ control blood sugar levels using negative feedback.

____________ is one of the few hormones that operate on a positive feedback system.

What gland is often called the master gland?

The pituitary gland is controlled by what part of the brain?

What controls milk production in mainly females?

Can men produce breast milk (if so make sure you know the name of the condition)?

Growth hormone HGH is secreted by the anterior pituitary gland.

Which is not true about HGH?

what is the stress hormone

Where are the corticosteroids like cortisol produced?

what hormone stimulates the production of cortisol and where is it produced?

Stress hormones are thought to produce belly fat.

TSH stands for

The thyroid gland regulates the speed of

LH regulates the production of male and female hormones.

FSH has no affect on men

watch the "how hormones work" and pick what best describes it...

Oxytocin is a posterior pituitary hormone.

which is not true about oxytocin?

What is Pitocin?

ADH is an anterior pituitary hormone?

ADH increases urine output.

which is not true about thirst

Diuretics are natural substances like tea, coffee and alcohol or drugs that increase urine production.

What are the hormones produced by the thyroid?

Use the BMR calculator...what does not affect your Basal Metabolic rate?

Calcitonin regulates blood calcium levels

what is a sign of not enough iodine in the diet?

Iodine is only found in products from the ocean

Hypo means below or not enough so hypothyroidism is a condition where the metabolism is too slow.

Hypothyroidism in infants leads to a condition called

Exophthalmos is a condition of bulging eyes.

Bulging eyes are a sign of

PTH

Adrenal glands have a medulla and a

What do epinephrine/adrenaline and norepinephrine do?

What hormone helps conserve sodium and potassium and where is it made?

what hormone is made by the adrenal cortex, controls blood glucose and fat levels and is secreted during stress?

What disorder causes increased thirst, urination, hunger, swollen abdomen and loss of hair due to hyperadrenocorticism?

Addison's disease is due hyposecretion of cortisol.

The pancreas produces hormones that counteract each other.

Glucagon raises blood sugar levels.

Blood sugar levels can be tested with a urine test.

Type 1 diabetes

Type II diabetes can be treated without insulin.

Type II diabetes was called adult or mature onset but is now occurring in younger people. One theory is we eat way too many low calorie carbs from processed food. Can diet and exercise make an impact on this type of lifestyle disease?

What else can be a cause of diabetes?

Diabetes can cause nerve disorders.

the pineal gland secretes what hormone that aids in sleep and patterns called Circadian rhythms.

the pineal gland is

what gland shrinks as we age?

The thymus develops our immune system and once it is mature is no longer needed.

Anabolic steroids are artificial forms of testosterone

Corticosteroids are powerful drugs used to treat severe inflammation.

Can you identify the location of all the major glands?