Endocrine System

Question 1

Hypothalamus

Answer 1

Regulates, hunger and thirst, sleep, and wakefulness, plus most of your involuntary mechanisms, including body temperature

Question 2

Pituitary gland 

Answer 2

Controls all other endocrine, glands, influences growth, metabolism, and regeneration

Question 3

Thyroid glands 

Answer 3

Regulate your energy and your metabolism 

Question 4

Parathyroid 

Answer 4

Secretes the hormone that are necessary for calcium absorption 

Question 5

Thymus 

Answer 5

Helps to build resistance to disease

Question 6

Adrenal gland

Answer 6

Secretes hundreds of compounds including cortisone and adrenaline, which helps you react to emergencies. They regulate your metabolism processes in the cells, water, balance, blood pressure, etc.

Question 7

Ovaries

Answer 7

Influences how your blood circulates and determines your mental rigor and your sex drive

Question 8

Metabolism 

Answer 8

The conversion of nutrients into energy and building materials to meet your bodies needs 

Question 9

Two phases of uterine cycle 

Answer 9

Proliferative phase
Secretary phase 

Question 10

Proliferative phase

Answer 10

Influenced by estrogen, the thickness of the endometrium rapidly increases 

Question 11

Secretory phase 

Answer 11

Influenced by progesterone, the lining becomes highly vascular and edematous

Question 12

What is GnRH secreted by? What is the target organ? 

Answer 12

Secreted by hypothalamus and target organ is anterior pituitary gland

Question 13

What is LH secreted by and what is the target organ?

Answer 13

Secreted by anterior pituitary gland and target organ is testes 

Question 14

What is FSH secreted by and what is the target organ? 

Answer 14

Secreted by anterior pituitary gland, target organ is testes 

Question 15

What is testosterone secreted by and what is the effects? 

Answer 15

Secreted by testes and the effects are primary and secondary sex characteristics 

Question 16

What produces the sex hormone estrogen? 

Answer 16

Primary follicles 

Question 17

What produces the sex hormones, estrogen, and progesterone?

Answer 17

Secondary follicles

Question 18

What produces female sex hormones?

Answer 18

Corpus luteum

Question 19

elevated levels of which hormone indicate that implantation has occurred

Answer 19

Human chorionic gonadotropin

Question 20

Which gland secretes prostaglandins that aid in the stimulation of uterine contractions 

Answer 20

Seminal vesicles

Question 21

The hormone that controls the maturation of eggs and women and the production of sperm and men is 

Answer 21

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)

Question 22

Increase muscle strength, enlarged vocal cords and growth of pubic hair are stimulated by 

Answer 22

Testosterone

Question 23

An increasing level of oestrogen during the menstrual cycle causes 

Answer 23

Ovulation

Question 24

Sperm cells travel through?

Answer 24

Ductus (vas) deferens

Question 25

Where is luteinizing hormone produced? 

Answer 25

Anterior pituitary

Question 26

What sequence of structures that sperm pass as they travel from the side of development into the side of exit?

Answer 26

Epididymis, ductus vas deferens, seminal vesicle, prostate gland, urethra

Question 27

Function of the acrosome 

Answer 27

Release enzymes needed to penetrate the egg 

Question 28

What is the path of the egg starting from immaturity and ending with the uterus? 

Answer 28

Follicle to fimbriae to oviduct to uterus