Endocrine: Locations of Glands 11.3 - 11.4

Question 1

Testes are located:

Answer 1

Outside the male’s body in a scrotal sac.

Question 2

Pancreas is located:

Answer 2

In the upper left quadrant of the abdominal cavity.

Question 3

Adrenal glands are located:

Answer 3

On top of each kidney in the abdominal cavity

Question 4

Thyroid gland is located:

Answer 4

In the cervical region, near the thyroid cartilage (the Adam’s apple) of the larynx.

Question 5

Parathyroid glands are located:

Answer 5

In the cervical region, the four glands are found on the dorsal side of the thyroid gland.

Question 6

Pituitary gland is located:

Answer 6

In the cranial cavity, attached by a pituitary stalk to the inferior portion of the hypothalamus.

Question 7

Ovary glands are located:

Answer 7

In the pelvic cavity of females.