B11 - Hormonal Coordination

Question 1

What are the 6 glands?

Answer 1

Pituitary, Thyroid, Pancreas, Adrenal, Ovaries (female) and Testes (male)

Question 2

What is the role of the Pituitary gland?

Answer 2

• Controls growth in children
• Stimulates thyroid gland to make thyroxine to control the rate of metabolism
• In women it ovaries to produce and release eggs and produce oestrogen
  In men it stimulates the testes to make sperm and produce testosterone.

Question 3

What is the role of the Thyroid gland?

Answer 3

Controls the metabolic rate of the body

Question 4

What is the role of the Pancreas gland?

Answer 4

Controls the levels of glucose in the blood

Question 5

What is the role of the adrenal gland?

Answer 5

Prepares the body for stressful situations, produces adrenaline.

Question 6

What is the role of the ovaries?

Answer 6

Controls the development of the female secondary sexual characteristics and is involved in the menstrual cycle.

Question 7

What is the role of the testes?

Answer 7

Controls the development of the male secondary sexual characteristics and is involved in the production of sperm.

Question 8

What is the endocrine system?

Answer 8

A system that secretes chemicals called hormones directly into the bloodstream. The blood carries the hormone to its target organ(s) when it produces the effect.

Question 9

What hormone controls your blood glucose concentration?

Answer 9

Insulin

Question 10

What does glucagon do?

Answer 10

Makes the liver break down glucose, converting it back into glucose.