Health and Social Care Unit 4 - Control and Regulatory System - Endocrine, Kidney and Liver 0.0 / 5 ? Health & Social CareEndocrine and BrainBTEC NationalOCR Created by: Lauren IvankoCreated on: 12-06-20 10:49 What is the Endocrine system? Consists of glands that produce hormones 1 of 15 What does the Adrenal gland produce? Adrenalin 2 of 15 What does the Pancreas produce? Insulin 3 of 15 What does the Thyroid gland produce? Thyroxide 4 of 15 What does the Pituitary gland produce? Prolactin 5 of 15 What are Hormones sometimes called? Chemical Messages 6 of 15 What is each Kidney connected to? Aorta 7 of 15 What is the role of the Cortex? The centre of the kidney - collects urine from nephrons and passes it into the ureter 8 of 15 What is the role of the Ureter? This drains urine from the kidney to the bladder 9 of 15 How is blood returned to the body? Via the Renal Vein 10 of 15 What is Deamination of the liver? This is when the livers cells removes amino acids and the rest of them are put into cellular respiration 11 of 15 What is Detoxification of the liver? This is when the liver removes poisions like alcohol and by breaking them down into harmless components 12 of 15 What is the role of bile? Allows us to remove poisonous bi-products from the metabolism 13 of 15 How often are red blood cells broken down by the liver and then recycled? Every 3 months 14 of 15 What poisonous chemical is formed when haemoglobin is formed? Bilirubin 15 of 15
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