B11

Question 1

What is the endocrine system?

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

What does the Thyroid gland do (endercine system)?

Answer 2

Controlls the metabolic rate of the body

Question 3

What does the Pancrease do(endercine system)?

Answer 3

The pancrease controlls the glucose levels in the blood stream.

Question 4

What does the Adrenal do (endercrine system)?

Answer 4

The adrenal peperes the body for a stressful situation

Question 5

What do the Ovaries do (endercine system)?

Answer 5

It controls the development of secondary sexual characteristic of a female and in the menstral cycle

Question 6

What do the testies do (endercrin system)?

Answer 6

The testies control the development of secondary sexual characterisics of a male

Question 7

What heppens if there is a level of glucose in your bllod stream?

Answer 7

The pancrease stimulate the relase of insuline
The insuline then stimulates the liver to turn the glucose into glucogen
Blood glucose is reduced

Question 8

What happens when there is a low level of glucose in the blood stream?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What is type 1 diabetes?

Answer 9

Type 1 diabetes is when you body produces little to no insuline

Question 10

What happens with type 1 diabetes?

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

How can we treat and cure type 1 diabetes?

Answer 11

They will need to inject insuline

But they to cure they can get a pancrease transplant

Question 12

What is type 2 diabeties?

Answer 12

Type 2 diabeties is when your pancrease still produces insuline, but your cell stop responding to insuline.

Question 13

What happenes with type 2 diabeties?

Answer 13

Due to your cells not reponding to insuline, your kidney will excrete the extra glucose throuh your urine, therefore making you feel very thursty.

Question 14

How to treate type 2 diabeties?

Answer 14

Lose weight

Watch your diet and limit your intake of carbs

Question 15

What do testies do?

Answer 15

Testies produce sperm and testostarone.

Question 16

What does the sperm duct do?

Answer 16

The sperm duct produces seminal fluid

Question 17

What does the scrotum do?

Answer 17

The scrotum is outside the body so it can keep the testies below the body temperature.

Question 18

What do ovaries do?

Answer 18

The ovaries store the eggs and produces oestregen.

Question 19

What is testosterone and what does it do?

Answer 19

Testosterone is the main male sexual hormone, and can trigger the development of secondary sexual characteristics during puberty, between the ages of 9 and 15.

Question 20

What is Oestrogen and what doe it do?

Answer 20

Oestrogen is the main sexual hormone for a female and is produced in the ovaries. During pubety, between the ages of 8 and 14 it will help develope the secondary sexual characteristics and matures the egg(s) during the menstral cycle.

Question 21

What is the Follicle Situlating Hormone (FSH) (menstral cycle)?

Answer 21

FSH causes the egg to mature in the ovaries, and brings about the release of Oestrogen.
FSH is produced in the pituitary gland.

Question 22

What is Oestrogen (menstral cycle)?

Answer 22

Oestrogen stimulates the build up of the urterous lining and stops the production of FSH whilest starting the production of LH.
Oestrogen is produced in the Ovaries.

Question 23

What is the Luteinsing Hormone (menstral cycle)?

Answer 23

LH stimulate the release of the egg at ovulation. It stops the production of Oestrogen and stimulate the production of Progesterone.
LH is produced in the pituitary gland.

Question 24

What is Progesterone (menstral cycle)?

Answer 24

Progesterone maintains the utarous lining. It stops the release of LH, and if there is no fertalised egg inplanted, progesterone will stop being produced.
Progesterone is produced in the Ovaries.