Human Anatomy - The Endocrine System

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  • Created on: 12-03-22 14:22

1. Name the three main areas of the brain link to the endocrine system?

  • Thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands.
  • Hypothalamus, pituitary and pineal glands.
  • Thymus, ovaries and placenta glands.
  • Thyroid, parathyroid and pancreas.
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2. What is the adrenal cortex?

  • Helps build a response to stress. It also makes steroids that control the salt levels in the body.
  • Decreases sexual development.
  • Increases blood pressure.
  • Effects the immune system.

3. What does the thyroid gland do?

  • Effects the metabolism.
  • Gives hormones that control the calcium in the body.
  • Gives thyroxine into the body.
  • Releases sugar into the bloodstream.

4. What is the role of the pancreas?

  • To store the hormone insulin, which is stored as fat when eating sugar and carbs which release into blood sugars.
  • To create a chemical substance that needs to be sent elsewhere into the body.
  • Increases and decreases function in the body.
  • Producing testosterone and estrogen.

5. What are gonads?

  • Control the water interactions in the body.
  • The male and female sex reproduction organs. Male testicles (testosterone) and females have them in the ovaries (estrogen).
  • Can cause change into target cells.
  • Control the sleep hormones.

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