BIOPSYCH ( THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM)

Question 1

Define the endocrine system

Answer 1

a network of glands throughout the body that manufacture and secrete chemical messengers known as hormones

Question 2

define hormones

Answer 2

chemical messengers that travel through the blood stream , influencing many different processes like mood , stress response

Question 3

what is the role of the Pituitary gland

Answer 3

it produces hormones whose main function is to release hormones from other glands leading to regulation of the body’s functions.

Question 4

FILL IN THE GAPS

___ are organs whose primary function appears to be the release ( _____) of chemical messengers : hormones.

_____( Chemical messengers ) travel widely round the body , via the ___ and ___ with cells or organs with ___ which are sensitive to that chemical.

Once joined with receptors at a particular cell or organ , the hormones ____ the activity of that cell or organ.

The ___ gland , in response to signals from the hypothalamus , regulate the endocrine system. It does this by sending ___ signals ( ____) to control the activity of other glands.

The body maintains ____ by way of a negative feedback loop

Answer 4

glands
secretion
hormones
blood stream
bind
receptors
regulate
pituitary
chemical
hormones
homeostasis
negative