The Endocrine System
Cards (31)
- How long do the effects of the nervous system tend to last?
- How is the body controlled in the endocrine system?
- What do scientists call the system controlled by hormones?
- What does the endocrine system consist of?
- What do the glands in the endocrine system secrete?
- Where do endocrine glands secrete hormones?
- How are hormones transported around the body?
- Where do hormones act to produce an effect?
- What is one key difference between the nervous and endocrine systems?
- What are the signals used by the endocrine system?
- How are hormones carried around the body?
- How does the speed of signaling compare between the nervous and endocrine systems?
- What is a characteristic of the endocrine system's effects?
- How long-lasting are the effects of the endocrine system?
- What might you be asked to do in the exam regarding the endocrine system?
- Which organ have we already looked at in the context of digestion?
- Besides digestion, what else does the pancreas do?
- What is the role of the hormones released by the pancreas?
- Which organs release hormones involved in puberty and reproduction?
- What gland produces hormones involved in growth?
- What else does the thyroid gland regulate?
- What do we call the rate at which body reactions take place?
- What hormone do the adrenal glands release?
- When is adrenaline produced?
- Where is the pituitary gland located?
- What do scientists call the pituitary gland?
- What does the pituitary gland release?
- What determines which hormones the pituitary gland releases?
- What is the key point about pituitary hormones?
- What do pituitary hormones cause other glands to do?
- What can pituitary hormones trigger in the body?