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WorksheetsEndocrine system
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Endocrine glands secrete _
Hormones
Neurotransmitters
A wide range of chemical substances
What is the endocrine system?
A system of vessels that circulates blood around the body.
A group of bones and tissue that provides support and structure for the body.
A group of glands that work together with the nervous system to coordinate all body functions
A group of organs that is responsible for eliminating wastes.
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.
The "master gland" is known as the __________________.
thyroid gland.
adrenal gland.
pancreas.
pituitary gland.
The adrenal glands release adrenaline to help the body regulate _________________.
diseases
body temperature.
stress.
hormones.
This gland releases the male sex hormone testosterone.
ovaries
pancreas
testes
adrenal
Throughout the year you've found that you feel tired and sluggish and you've put on some extra weight. What gland might be the cause of this?
Pituitary
Thyroid
Adrenal
A ____ is an organ that produces or releases a chemical.
blood cell
target cell
gland
thyroxine
Identify the Pineal gland.
A
B
C
D
Identify the Pituitary gland.
A
B
C
D
Identify the Hypothalamus.
A
B
C
D
Name gland A.
Pineal gland
Thymus
Adrenal gland
Thyroid
Name gland B
Thymus
Thyroid
Larynx
Adrenal medulla
Name gland A
Pancreas
Adrenal glands
Renal calyx
Ovaries
Name gland B
Pancreas
Adrenal glands
Spleen
Thymus
Glands A and B are both know as...
Paracrine glands
Adrenal glands
Gonads
Reproductive calyxes
Name glands A
Uterus
Ovaries
Adrenal glands
Fallopian glands
Which Endocrine gland plays a role in the digestive system?
Thymus
Pancreas
Adrenal glands
Ovaries
What kind of hormones travel in the blood stream?
autocrine
paracrine
endocrine
exocrine
Which two endocrine glands regulate other endocrine glands?
Thyroid and adrenal glands
Thyroid and pituitary
Hypothalamus and thyroid
Hypothalamus and pituitary
Glands are divided into
inferior and superior
exocrine and endocrine
parasympathetic and sympathetic
none of these
The _____ gland controls the rate of metabolism
thymus
thyroid
adrenal
pituitary
Identify the glands labeled “X.”
Pancreas
Testes
Tyroid
Parathyroid
What gland produces insulin and glucagon?
Pancreas
Liver
Kidney
Pituitary
