The organ which makes chemical substances to make uses for the body for discharge into the surroundings. - Creates chemical substances and sends them somewhere else.
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What is a hormone?
Hormones create subtances which are usually produced as an organism and can travel in tissues to stimulate cells into action. They can increase and decrease.
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Name the three main areas of the brain link to the endocrine system?
Hypothalamus, pituitary and pineal glands.
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What does the thyroid gland do?
Gives thyroxine into the body.
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What is the adrenal cortex?
Helps build a response to stress. It also makes steroids that control the salt levels in the body.
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What are gonads?
The male and female sex reproduction organs. Male testicles (testosterone) and females have them in the ovaries (estrogen).
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What are the functions for the physiology of the endocrine system?
Releasing hormones into the blood stream, allowing the hormones to travel around the body and absorb different cells into having effects on the body.
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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.
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What is a hormone?
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Hormones create subtances which are usually produced as an organism and can travel in tissues to stimulate cells into action. They can increase and decrease.
Card 3
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Name the three main areas of the brain link to the endocrine system?
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