Science GA 2.1 Endocrine

Question 1

-Hormones are produced by the glands in this system

Answer 1

Endocrine System

Question 2

-Are chemical messengers, carrying instructions to cells to change their activities

Answer 2

Hormones

Question 3

-An organ whose cells secrete materials to be brought to the different regions of the body; sometimes via tubelike structures

Answer 3

Gland

Question 4

-Tubelike structures found on a gland

Answer 4

Ducts

Question 5

-Are ductless glands that secrete hormones directly either the bloodstream or the fluid around the cells

Answer 5

Endocrine Glands

Question 6

Are the endocrine glands the sole source of hormones?

Answer 6

-No.
-Organs can secrete hormones also
-Ex. brain, stomach, small intestine, kidney, liver, and heart

Question 7

-Glands that secrete products directly into the bloodstream

Answer 7

Endocrine

Question 8

-Glands secrete substances into a ductal system to an epithelial surface

Answer 8

Exocrine

Question 9

Our body produces more than ___ kinds of hormones; the release of which must be regulated to prevent internal imbalances or, in worse scenarios, body malformations such as goiter and gigantism

Answer 9

40 kinds of hormones

Question 10

-The response amplifies changes rather than reversing them
-The original stimulus is promoted rather than negated
-Ex.

Answer 10

Positive Feedback

Question 11

-The response will reverse or cause the opposite effect of the original stimulus

Answer 11

Negative Feedback