Endocrine system

Question 1

What are the systems of internal communication and regulation?

Answer 1

1. Nervous system

2. Endocrine system

Question 2

Function of hypothalamus?

Answer 2

Brain region controlling the pituitary gland.

Question 3

Function of thyroid gland?

Answer 3

Affects metabolism among other things

Question 4

Function of pituitary gland?

Answer 4

Secretes different hormones

Question 5

Function of parathyroid?

Answer 5

Help to regulate level of calcium in the blood

Question 6

Function of testis?

Answer 6

Secretes male sex hormones

Question 7

Function of ovary?

Answer 7

Secretes female sex hormones

Question 8

Function or pancreas?

Answer 8

Regulates the level of sugar in the blood

Question 9

Function of adrenal glands?

Answer 9

Help to trigger the fight-or-flight response

Question 10

What does nervous system do?

Answer 10

conveys high speed electrical signals along neurons

Question 11

What is endocrine system?

Answer 11

Secretes hormones that coordinate slower but longer-acting responses to stimuli

Question 12

General function of hormones?

Answer 12

• help to regulate extracellular fluid
• help to regulate biological clock
• help to regulate metabolism and immune
• help to regulate contraction of cardiac and smooth muscle
• help to regulate glandular secretion
• growth and development

Question 13

Endocrine and nervous system function together in?

Answer 13

• maintaining homeostasis
• development
• reproduction

Question 14

Specialized nerve cells known as and function?

Answer 14

• neurosecretory cells

- release neurohormones into the blood

Question 15

Function of neurohormones and endocrine hormones?

Answer 15

long-distance regulators of many physiological processes.

Question 16

3 types of hormonal control?

Answer 16

a) simple endocrine pathway
b) simple neurohormone pathway
c) simple neuroendocrine pathway

Question 17

5 forms of signaling?

Answer 17

1. endocrine signaling
2. autocrine signaling
3. neuroendocrine signaling
4. paracrine signaling
5. synaptic signaling

Question 18

endocrine signaling

Answer 18

• maintain homeostasis
• responses to stimuli
• regulates growth and development

Question 19

Function of oxytocin?

Answer 19

stimulates contraction of uterus during childbirth

Question 20

Function of ADH?

Answer 20

increase retention of water by kidneys

Question 21

Function of GH?

Answer 21

stimulates growth and metabolic functions

Question 22

Function of prolactin?

Answer 22

stimulates milk production and secretion

Question 23

Function of FSH?

Answer 23

stimulates production of sperm and ova

Question 24

Function of LH?

Answer 24

stimulates ovaries and testes

Question 25

Function of TSH?

Answer 25

stimulates thyroid gland

Question 26

Function of ACTH?

Answer 26

stimulate adrenal cortex to secrete glucocorticoids

Question 27

Function of calcitonin?

Answer 27

lowers blood calcium level

Question 28

Function of thyroxine?

Answer 28

stimulate and maintain metabolic processes

Question 29

Function of PTH?

Answer 29

raises blood calcium level

Question 30

Function of insulin and glucagon?

Answer 30

• lower blood glucose level

- raises blood glucose level

Question 31

Function of melatonin?

Answer 31

biological rhythms

Question 32

Nonpituitary hormones?

Answer 32

• thyroid gland
• parathyroid gland
• pancreas
• adrenal gland
• gonads
• pineal gland

Question 33

Gonads?

Answer 33

testes and ovaries
produce sex hormones
androgens, estrogens and progestins

Question 34

Function of pineal gland?

Answer 34

• secretes melatonin

- biological rhythms