ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

Question 1

Endocrine System

Answer 1

A collection of glands of that secrete hormones directly into the circulatory system to be carried towards specific target organs

Question 2

Hormones

Answer 2

Body’s chemical messengers.

Question 3

WORKING TOGETHER

Answer 3

regulated by the pituitary gland, which responds to information from the hypothalamus in the brain

Question 4

HYPOTHALAMUS

Answer 4

part of the brain that is made up of nerve TISSUES and is the main link between the nervous and ENDOCRINE systems
It checked body’s enternam enviroment

Question 5

PUTUITARY GLAND

Answer 5

• master gland
• controls activities of Glands such as ovaries, testes and thyroid glands
• realses hormones to the pituitary gland whiche responds to the other Glands telling the to secrete more/less hormones

Question 6

HOMEOSTASIS

Answer 6

the process of maintaining a constant internal environment
facoris like temp, water content, available energy and concentration of wastes

Question 7

ENDOTHERMIC

Answer 7

warm blooded- maintain a relatively constant temperature

Question 8

Exothermic

Answer 8

Temperatures varies within the enviroment- cold blooded