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Endocrine system
Endorcrine system quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the 10 glands in the endocrine system? | Hypothalamus Pituitary Pineal Thyroid parathyroid thymus adrenals pancreas ovaries testes |
| What are 4 similarities in the nervous and endocrine system? | Shared Brain Structure Shared Chemical Messengers Shared Regulatory Processes Shared Signaling Pathways |
| What are 4 differences in the nervous and endocrine system? | Mode of transport speed of response duration modulation |
| Name the 4 regulated processes of the endocrine system. | Growth and development metabolism blood composition reproduction |
| Name the 4 chemical messengers: | Autocrine Paracrine neurotransmitter endocrine |
| name the 3 regulation of hormone secretion: | Humoral neural Hormonal |
| Name the 3 patterns of hormone secretion: | Chronic Acute Episodic |
| Name the two classes of hormones, and 2 things about them: | Water Soluble: Cannot pass fatty membrane door -> binds surface receptor. sends a second messenger Lipid Soluble: Dissolves through fatty membranes -> Goes directly inside membrane, cannot dissolve in water |