Endocrine System: intro

Question 1

What do exocrine glands do?

Answer 1

Produce substances released via ducts to other organs or the surface of the skin

Question 2

Exocrine glands have what?

Answer 2

Products

Question 3

Lacrimal glands product

Answer 3

Tears

Question 4

Salivary glands product

Answer 4

Saliva

Question 5

Mucous glands product

Answer 5

Mucus

Question 6

Sweat glands of skin product

Answer 6

Sweat

Question 7

Sebaceous glands of skin product

Answer 7

Sebum

Question 8

Mammary glands product

Answer 8

Milk

Question 9

Liver product (endocrine)

Answer 9

Bile

Question 10

Pancreas product (endocrine)

Answer 10

Digestive juices

Question 11

Prostate product

Answer 11

Seminal fluid

Question 12

What do Endocrine glands do?

Answer 12

Release into the blood hormones that reach target glands and organs to control growth, reproduction, and daily processes of living

Question 13

Blood hormones

Answer 13

Chemical messengers

Question 14

Endocrine glands of the brain

Answer 14

Hypothalamus and pituitary

Question 15

Endocrine glands of the throat

Answer 15

Thyroid and parathyroid

Question 16

Endocrine gland of the kidneys

Answer 16

Adrenal

Question 17

Endocrine gland of the abdomen

Answer 17

Pancreas (contains some endocrine cells)

Question 18

Endocrine glands of reproductive organs

Answer 18

Ovaries and testicles