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THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

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HOW MANY PARTS IS THE PITUITARY GLAND DIVIDED INTO   TWO  
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DO THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS USE DUCTS TO SECRETE THEIR HORMONES   NO  
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WHAT GLAND PLAYS A FUNCTION REGULATING SLEEP.WHAT DOES IT SECRETE   PINEAL GLAND.MELATONIN  
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WHAT GLAND SECRETES EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE. WHAT PART OF THIS GLAND SECRETES THEM   ADRENAL GLANDS. ADRENAL MEDULLA  
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WHAT GLAND IS THE "MASTER GLAND"   PITUITARY  
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HOW IS GLUCOSE CARRIED TO THE CELLS   INSULIN  
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WHAT GLAND CONTROLS METABOLISM   THYROID  
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WHAT HORMONE CONTROLS BLOOD CALCIUM LEVELS   CALCITONIN  
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THIS HORMONE STIMULATES MILK PRODUCTION   PROLACTIN  
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WHAT HORMONES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS OF A FEMALE   ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE  
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THE TESTES PRODUCE WHAT HORMONE   TESTOSTERONE  
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THE URETHRA IN A MAN IS FORMED BY THE JOINING OF WHAT   TWO DUCTS OF THE VAS DEFERENS  
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WHAT HORMONE CAUSES SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS IN A MALE   TESTOSTERONE  
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WHAT ARE THE CHEMICAL MESSENGERS OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM   HORMONES  
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WHAT IS A GOITER.WHAT CAUSES IT?   AN ENLARGEMENT OF THE THYROID GLAND. CAUSED BY IODINE DEFICIENCY  
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WHAT ROLE DOES THE THYMUS PLAY IN THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM.WHAT HORMONE DOES IT PRODUCE?   STORES T-LYMPHOCYTES. THYMOSIN CAUSES THEM TO MATURE  
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WHAT ARE ANDROGENS   MALE SEX HORMONES  
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WHAT GLANDS ARE FOUND AT THE TOP OF EACH KIDNEY   ADRENAL GLANDS  
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THIS GLAND ENCIRCLES THE MALE URETHRA AND DOES WHAT   PROSTATE GLAND. SECRETES MILKY FLUID TO FURTHER ACTIVATE SPERM  
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WHAT RESULTS IF THE PANCREAS DOESN'T PRODUCE ENOUGH INSULIN OR THE BODY DOES USE IT CORRECTLY   DIABETES  
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WHAT ORGAN IN THE MALE BODY PRODUCES TESTOSTERONE   TESTIS  
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WHAT DO MINERALCORTICOIDS DO   REGULATES THE MINERAL CONTENT OF THE BODY  
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WHAT DO GLUCOCORTICOIDS DO   PROMOTE CELLULAR METABOLISM  
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WHAT PART OF THE PANCREAS PRODUCES INSULIN   BETA CELLS IN THE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS  
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WHAT DOES THE POSTERIOR LOBE OF THE PITUITARY GLAND DO   STORES HORMONES MADE BY THE HYPOTHALAMUS AND MAKES OXYTOCIN AND ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE  
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WHAT HORMONES DOES THE THYROID EXCRETE   T3,T4 AND CALCITONIN  
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