Endocrine System Basics

Question 1

Endocrine system regulates… (name 6 things it regulates)

Answer 1

-Reproduction,
-metabolism,
-growth and development,
-stress and injury response,
-body defences,
-and homeostasis

Question 2

All glands are either made up of…

Answer 2

Amino acids or lipids

Question 3

Three different mechanisms for hormonal release are:

Answer 3

Humoral stimuli, Hormonal stimuli, and neural stimuli

Question 4

Humoral stimuli

Answer 4

Responds to changes in extracellular fluid/ blood

Question 5

Hormonal stimuli

Answer 5

Responds to hormones released by other glands. Tied to a cascade

Question 6

Neural stimuli

Answer 6

Nervous system directly stimulates the gland(s).