Question | Answer |
Name two hormones of the pituitory | ADH and GH |
What does the hormone GH do? | Regulates growth |
What does Oestrogen do? | Female body development/Repairs uterine lining |
What does Progesterone do? | Maintains uterine lining |
What does Thyroxine do? | Raises metabolism |
What does adrenaline do? | Flight or fight survival mechanism |
Where is the pancreas located? | Behind the liver and the stomach and connected to the small intestine. |
What is meant by exocrine function? | Able to secrete substances (digestive enzymes) through a duct |
What is meant by endocrine function? | Able to secrete hormones directly into the blood stream |
What enzymes does the pancreas release? | Amylase, lipase and Trypsinogen |
How do these enzymes get into the small intestine? | Through the pancreatic duct |
Why is the pancreatic juice alkaline? | Enzymes like to be in alkaline |
What is the endocrine tissue made up of alpha and beta cells? | Islet of Langerhans |
What is secreted from the alpha and beta cells? | Glucagon and Insulin |
Where is Glucogen stored? | Liver and muscles |
What does the liver convert glucose into? | Glucogen |
What does the liver convert glycogen into? | Glucose |
Where is insulin produced? | Beta cells |
Where is glucagon produced? | Alpha cells |
What are the name of the liver cells\/ | Hepatocytes |