SB7a: Hormone Keywords

Question 1

Adrenal gland

Answer 1

A gland located on top of a kidney that produces the hormone adrenalin. It can be referred to as an adrenal.

Question 2

Endocrine gland

Answer 2

An organ that makes and releases hormones into the blood.

Question 3

Hormone

Answer 3

Chemical messenger that is released into the blood from an endocrine gland and causes target cells to change how they work.

Question 4

Hormonal system

Answer 4

The collection of glands in the body that release hormones. This system controls long-term or widespread responses by the body to changes inside and outside the body.

Question 5

Ovary

Answer 5

Organ in the female reproductive system that releases egg cells and the hormones oestrogen and progesterone.

Question 6

Pancreas

Answer 6

Organ in the body that produces some digestive enzymes, as well as the hormones insulin and glucagon.

Question 7

Pituitary gland

Answer 7

An organ just below the brain that controls many activities of the body (e.g. metabolic rate and the menstrual cycle) by the release of hormones into the blood. It can be referred to as the pituitary.

Question 8

Sex hormone

Answer 8

Any hormone that affects reproduction (e.g. oestrogen, testosterone).

Question 9

Target organ

Answer 9

An organ on which a hormone has an effect.

Question 10

Testis

Answer 10

An organ in the male reproductive system that produces sperm cells and the hormone testosterone. Plural is testes.

Question 11

Thyroids gland

Answer 11

A gland that releases the hormone thyroxine into the blood.