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What does the Endocrine System regulate?
Long term changes in the body such as growth and development.
What is the Endocrine System made up of?
9 endocrine glands that produce hormones.
An endocrine gland releases substances…
Which are chemical messengers and are used to speed up or slow down activities in the body.
What is a hormone?
A chemical messenger with a special function.
What is the Hypothalamus called?
The main control center.
What does the Hypothalamus control?
Your blood pressure, temp, and use of water.
What does the Hypothalamus do?
Receives information from all parts of the body.
What is the Pituitary gland called?
The master gland.
What does the Pituitary gland control?
Your growth and sexual development.
What does the Pituitary gland release?
The growth hormone.
Why is the Pituitary gland called the master gland?
Because it is responsible for so much and controls other glands.
What does the Pineal gland control?
You sleep and wake cycle.
What does the Pineal gland release?
The melatonin hormone.
What does the Thyroid gland control?
Your metabolism.
What does the Thyroid gland release?
The thyroxin hormone.
What does the Parathyroid gland control?
Your bone growth.
What does the Parathyroid gland do?
Regulates the amount of calcium in your blood.
What does the Thymus control?
Your immune system development as a child.
What does your Adrenal gland control?
Your stress.
What does the Adrenal gland release?
The adrenaline hormone.
What does the Adrenal gland do?
Produces the adrenaline hormone in your blood to increase heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure.
What does the Pancreas control?
Your blood sugar levels.
What does the Pancreas release?
The insulin hormone.
What is diabetes?
When someone does not produce insulin and their blood glucose levels stay too high.
What is hydro-glycemia?
When someone produces too much insulin, causing too low of blood sugar.
What does the Ovaries control?
The reproductive glands of the female.
What does the Ovaries release?
The estrogen and progesterone hormone.
What does the Ovaries do?
Produce egg cells in the female - ova.
What does the Testes control?
The reproductive glands in the male.
What does the Testes release?
The testosterone hormone.
What is puberty?
The period of rapid growth and sexual development.
