B11 Hormonal Coordination minus plants

Question 1

What are two ways the endocrine system differs from the nervous system?

Answer 1

• Effects of endocrine system are slower
• Effects of endocrine system are longer lasting
• Endocrine system involves hormones which travel through the blood, while nervous system involves
  impulses which travel down neurones

Question 2

What does thyroxine control and where is it produced?

Answer 2

It controls the basal metabolic rate

Question 3

What causes type 1 diabetes?

Answer 3

When the body produces little/not enough insulin

Question 4

What is the defining characteristic of type 1 diabetes?

Answer 4

Uncontrolled blood glucose concentraition

Question 5

What causes type 2 diabetes?

Answer 5

When the muscles/body cells stop responding to insulin

Question 6

Give two treatments a doctor might recommend for a person with type 2 diabetes

Answer 6

• Exercise

- A carb controlled diet

Question 7

Suggest one factor that might affect the amount of insulin a patient injects into themselves?

Answer 7

• Their diet/ if they are active

Question 8

What is the effect of insulin on the blood glucose concentration?

Answer 8

It causes it to decrease, by making glucose move into the muscle and body cells, where it is converted into glycogen for storage