endocrine system review

What gland secretes melatonin?

Pineal Gland

Chemical messengers for info and instructions

Hormones

Which gland secretes estrogen?

Ovaries

What hormone stimulates milk production?

Prolactin (PL)

Which gland atrophies after puberty?

thymus

Islets of Langerhans found

Pancreas

What hormones are secreted by the pancreas?

Insulin and Glucagon

What is the function of insulin?

It lowers blood sugar.

What is the master gland of the endocrine system and what letter is it?

Pituitary Gland, C

What is a?

Pineal gland

What hormones does the pituitary gland secrete?

TSH, FSH, LH, PTH

What hormones are produced in the testes?

Testosterone

What hormones are produced by the ovaries?

Estrogen and Progesterone

What hormone regulates metabolism?

Thyroxine (T4)

Gland secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine

adrenal gland medulla

Testosterone produced in

Testes gland

What hormone is known as the 'fight or flight' hormone?

Norepinephrine

What hormone does the thymus release?

Thymosin

What does FSH stimulate in females?

Ovarian follicles

What hormone regulates stress?

Cortisol

Produced by ovaries

estrogen and progesterone

Thymus T- cells do before puberty

Support immune system

Why might not need T- cells?

Lymphatic system

Regulated menstrual cycle

Progesterone

Nervous and endocrine systems meet

Hypothalamus

Stimulates contractions during pregnancy

Oxytocin

What is letter G?

Adrenal gland

What is 8?

Thymus

What is 7?

Thyroid

regulates calcium

Calcitonin hormone and thyroid

stimulates ovarian follicle growth

FSH

Releases chemical messengers in the blood

Glands