ch 5 Endocrine System

Question 1

exocrine/ duct glands

Answer 1

possess tubes or ducts leading from the gland to a particular part of the body

Question 2

Endocrine/ ductless glands

Answer 2

Depend on the blood and lymph to carry their secretions to various affected tissues

Question 3

Pituitary gland/ master gland

Answer 3

A small gland that secretes hormones that stimulate or regulate other glands

Question 4

Thyroxin

Answer 4

Stimulates the metabolic rate of the body

Question 5

Triidothyronine

Answer 5

Stimulates the metabolic rate of the body

Question 6

Calcitonin

Answer 6

Hormone that controls the amount of calcium in the blood

Question 7

Cretinism

Answer 7

Caused by lack of thyroxin during fetal development and results in dwarfed stature and intellectual disabilities

Question 8

Parathormone

Answer 8

Regulates the blood level of calcium

Question 9

Tetany

Answer 9

Sustained muscle contraction that usually affects the hands and feet

Question 10

Islets of langerhans

Answer 10

Found in the pancreas and produce insulin and glucagon

Question 11

Diabetes mellitus

Answer 11

Caused by decreased output of insulin by the pancreas

Question 12

Cushing’s syndrome

Answer 12

Results from excess glucocorticoid production and is characterized by obesity, muscle weakness, elevated blood sugar, and hypertension

Question 13

Testes

Answer 13

Egg shaped gland that produces spermatozoa

Question 14

Testosterone

Answer 14

Male hormone responsible for development of secondary sexual characteristics

Question 15

Estrogen

Answer 15

Female- hormone responsiblefor development of secondary sexual characteristics

Question 16

Progesterone

Answer 16

Female- hormone that prepares the uterine lining for implantation, aids in maintaining pregnancy, and stimulates development of mammary glands for nursing

Question 17

Ovaries

Answer 17

Glandular organs in the pelvis that produce the ova and female sex hormones