endocrine system

Question 1

Endocrine system

Answer 1

regulatory and communication system, structures and cells secrete hormones, transported by blood to specific receptors on distant target signals

Question 2

Types of glands

Answer 2

Endocrine glands and exocrine glands

Question 3

endocrine glands

Answer 3

ductless glands; secrete hormones; products work at distance

Question 4

examples of endocrine glands

Answer 4

pituitary glands, pineal glands, thyroid glands, adrenal glands, thymus

Question 5

exocrine glands

Answer 5

glands with ducts; do not secrete hormones (non endocrine); products work locally on a nearby surface; do not secrete hormones

Question 6

examples of exocrine glands

Answer 6

sweat, tear, and salivary glands

Question 7

Protein hormones

Answer 7

most hormones, e.g. insulin, glucagon, thyroid hormone

Question 8

lipid hormone

Answer 8

from cholesterol; e.g. sex hormones (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone_

Question 9

Non - tropic hormones

Answer 9

do not stimulate other endocrine glands; e.g. growth hormone

Question 10

Tropic hormone

Answer 10

stimulate endocrine glands to secrete hormones; e.g. thyroid stimulating

Question 11

Gonadotropic hormones

Answer 11

hormones, stimulate gonads (primary sex organs) testes and ovaries

Question 12

Hypothalamus

Answer 12

directs anterior pituitary by secretion of 6 hormones; directs posterior pituitary by nervous signals; synthesizes 2 hormones of posterior pituitary

Question 13

anterior pituitary

Answer 13

secretes 6 hormones