11.3-11.4

Question 1

True or False:
controlling homeostasis through the nervous system alone would require continual impulses in MANY nerves

Answer 1

True

Question 2

glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream

Answer 2

Endocrine glands

Question 2

body system containing hormone-producing glands

Answer 2

Endocrine system

Question 3

gland that secretes its products to the outside of the body

Answer 3

Exocrine glands

Question 3

a term meaning “stimulators”

Answer 3

Hormones

Question 4

bind specifically to one kind of hormone

Answer 4

Receptors

Question 5

master gland

Answer 5

Pituitary gland

Question 6

growth hormone

Answer 6

Somatotropin

Question 7

too much somatotropin

Answer 7

Pituitary gigantism

Question 8

too little somatotropin

Answer 8

Pituitary dwarfism

Question 9

excessive somatotropin production after normal childhood development; bones of the head, hands, and feet become enlarged

Answer 9

Acromegaly

Question 10

hormones that affect the development of the reproductive organs and influence the secretions of the mature reproductive organ; produced by pituitary gland

Answer 10

Gonadotropins