Hormonal Funtions Of Major Endocrine Glands

Question 0

Posterior pituitary

Answer 0

Conservative of water in the body, breast milk secretion, uterus contraction

Question 1

Anterior pituitary

Answer 1

Ovaries and testes, breast milk production, metabolism, reactions to stress

Question 2

Thyroid

Answer 2

Metabolism, physical growth and development

Question 3

Parathyroid

Answer 3

Calcium levels in the body

Question 4

Pancreas

Answer 4

Glucose (sugar) metabolism

Question 5

Adrenal gland

Answer 5

Fight-or-flight response, metabolism, sexual desires (especially in women)

Question 6

Ovaries

Answer 6

Development of female sexual characteristics, production of ova (egg)

Question 7

Testes

Answer 7

Development of male sexual characteristics, sperm production, sexual desire (in men)

Question 8

Pituitary gland

Answer 8

The “master gland” that produces hormones influencing the secretions of all other endocrine glands, as well as a hormone that influences growth. The pituitary is attached to the brain’s hypothalamus, form which it takes its orders