Theme 5: The Endocrine System (L14-18)

Question 1

Name 4 different types of cellular communication

Answer 1

Endocrine
Autocrine
Paracrine
Synaptic

Question 2

What are the hormones of the adrenal glands?

Answer 2

Cortisol
Aldosterone
Catecholamines (adrenaline and noradrenaline)
Oestrogen

Question 3

What are the different endocrine glands?

Answer 3

Hypothalamus
Pituitary
Thyroid
Parathyroid
Adrenal
Pancreas
Ovaries
Testes

Question 4

What are the differences between the anterior and posterior pituitary?

Answer 4

Anterior has it’s own larger supply of blood to the lobe and creates its own hormones
Posterior receives hormones from the hypothalamus and cannot create it’s own

Question 5

What are the zones of the adrenal gland?

Answer 5

Glomerular
Follicular
Reticularis

Question 6

Which hormones are released from the zona Glomerulosa?

Answer 6

Aldosterone

Question 7

Which hormones are released from the zona Fasciculata?

Answer 7

Glucocorticoids (cortisol)

Question 8

Which hormones are released from the zona reticularis?

Answer 8

Catecholamines (adrenaline and noradrenaline)

Question 9

How is cortisol released?

Answer 9

Feedback from the hypothalamus releases corticotropin-releasing hormone
Then the anterior pituitary releases adreno-corticotropic hormones
This stimulates the cortex of the adrenal glands to release cortisol