B11 Flashcards
What is the endocrine system?
The endocrine system is made up og glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood stream. The blood stream transferes the chemicals to the target organ.
What does the Thyroid gland do (endercine system)?
Controlls the metabolic rate of the body
What does the Pancrease do(endercine system)?
The pancrease controlls the glucose levels in the blood stream.
What does the Adrenal do (endercrine system)?
The adrenal peperes the body for a stressful situation
What do the Ovaries do (endercine system)?
It controls the development of secondary sexual characteristic of a female and in the menstral cycle
What do the testies do (endercrin system)?
The testies control the development of secondary sexual characterisics of a male
What heppens if there is a level of glucose in your bllod stream?
The pancrease stimulate the relase of insuline
The insuline then stimulates the liver to turn the glucose into glucogen
Blood glucose is reduced
What happens when there is a low level of glucose in the blood stream?
The pacrease produces glucagon
The glucogon stimulates the liver to convert glycagon to glucose and is put into the blood stream
The blood glucose levels will rise
What is type 1 diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes is when you body produces little to no insuline
What happens with type 1 diabetes?
Without insuline your blood glucose leves will rise expanetually after you eat. Eventually, your kidney will excrete the glucose through your urine. This will therefore make you feal very thursty.
How can we treat and cure type 1 diabetes?
They will need to inject insuline
But they to cure they can get a pancrease transplant
What is type 2 diabeties?
Type 2 diabeties is when your pancrease still produces insuline, but your cell stop responding to insuline.
