Question | Answer |
system works with nervous system to corrdinate and regulate body | endocrine system |
substances secreted by cells and act to regulate activities of other cells | hormones |
do the work of the endocrine system | hormones |
organs that release hormones are called | endocrine glands |
male hormone that governs changes in boys as they mature | testosterone |
in girls, cuases normal growth of body hair | testosterone |
female hormones that govern changes in girls | estrogen and progeterone |
in boys helps to keep body fat at a safe level | estrogen and progeterone |
main hormone that promotes growth in children | HGH |
made by the pituitary gland | HGH |
edrenaline | epinephrine |
one of the hormones released by body in times of stress (fight or flight response) | epinephrine |
defends body against disease | immune system |
cells of the immune system move around body in fluids of the )_____systems | circulatory/lymphatic systems |
a networks of vessels that pick up fluid called lymph that leaks through blood vessels and fills spaces around the body's cells | lymphatic system |
clear yellowish fluid that is made up of water nutrients and WBC | lymph |
small bean shaped masses that can be found along the lymphatic vessels | lymph nodes |
hold many lymphocytes | lymph nodes |
WBC that destroy bacteria, viruses, and dead/damaged cells | lyhmphocytes |
masses of lymph tissue found in the throat | tonsils |
serves as a filtering station for blood particles that should not be there | spleen |
main place where blood cells form | bone marrow |
cancer of the tissues that make WBC | leukemia |
main job is to defend body against disease | WBC |
5 types of WBC | neutrophils, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes |
engulf/destroy bacteria and release enzymes that kill bacteria | neutrophils |
enfulf/digest damaged body cells and disease causing agents | monocytes |
attack to parasites and release substances to kill them | eosinophils |
function in an allergice reaction, releasing histamine | basophils |
attacks/destroys particles that carry antigens | lymphocytes |
blood cells develop into ____________. | antibody forming plasma cells |
cells attack cells that have been_________ | infected by a virus |
coating of the cell and virus that has in identifying proteins | antigens |
proteins the immune system makes in response to specific antigens | antibodies |