Unit 2 hormonal control

Question 1

Hormone

Answer 1

Chemicals messagers transported in blood to there target organ

Question 2

Endocrine gland

Answer 2

Release hormones into the blood stream

Question 3

Example of hormone in body

Answer 3

Endocrine gland :
Thyroid

Hormone :
Thyroxin

Controls rate of growth and development

Question 4

Pancreas

Answer 4

Organ responsible for:
Controls blood glucose concentration

Target organ:
Liver

Question 5

Glucagon

Answer 5

When blood sugar level is low:

Hormone produced in pancreas
Convention of glycogen to glucose in liver

Question 6

Gylocogen

Answer 6

Animal tissue carbohydrate located in liver and muscle tissue
Storage in liver

Question 7

Glucose

Answer 7

Sugar used for reshot .org substrates for the production of ATP

Question 8

Where is insulin made

Answer 8

Pancreas

Question 9

Target organ

Answer 9

Have cells with specific receptor proteins on their surface, these hormones only affect their target organs

Question 10

What happens when blood glucose level is too high

Answer 10

Pancreas release more insulin and less glucagon into the blood

Question 11

What happens when blood glucose level too low

Answer 11

Pancrease releases less insulin and more glucagon

Question 12

What detects the rise in blood glucose level

Answer 12

Receptor cells in the pancreas