Endocrine System

Question 0

Why are you hormonal?

Answer 0

• hormones are chemical products of the endocrine gland.
• chemical messengers that travel through the blood stream.
• they turn off, on, speed up, or slow down in certain activities.
• are sometimes produced as a result of nerve impulses that send messages to brain.

Question 1

Jobs of the endocrine system

Answer 1

Produce chemical to control many of bodily daily activities
Also regulates long term changes such as growth and development
Composed of glands called endocrine glands which are organs that produce and release a chemical.

Question 2

Gland and parts of the endocrine system/jobs

Answer 2

Thyroid-metabolism and energy. (Neck) 
Hypothalamus-nerves
Pituitary- controls endocrine glands an GROWTH. MAJOR GLAND! In brain.
Pancreas: insulin- sugar.
Adrenal glands: regulates stress. 
Ovaries: release female sex hormones.
Testes: release male sex hormones,

Question 3

What is the negative feedback system?

Answer 3

The endocrine system is the only system which is turned off by it’s created conditions. This is the negative feedback system.
It is adding and subtracting things to create feedback.