Negative Feedback H

Cards (30)

  • What are hormones described as?
    Chemicals released directly into the bloodstream by glands
  • Where do hormones cause an effect?
    Specific target organs
  • Where are the adrenal glands located?
    Top of the kidneys
  • Where is adrenaline released?
    Into the blood
  • During which times do the adrenal glands produce adrenaline?
    Times of fear or stress
  • What is one of the main effects of adrenaline?
    Increase the heart rate
  • When the heart beats faster, what is delivered more in the blood?
    Oxygen and glucose
  • What are oxygen and glucose needed for?
    Aerobic respiration
  • What does aerobic respiration prepare the body to do?
    Either fight or run away
  • What do scientists call the preparation of the body to either fight or run away?
    Fight or flight
  • Where is the thyroid gland found?
    Base of the neck
  • How many main effects does thyroxine have?
    Two
  • What hormone does the thyroid gland release?
    Thyroxine
  • What does thyroxine stimulate in the body?
    Body's basal metabolic rate
  • What is metabolism the sum of?
    All the reactions in a cell or body
  • What does thyroxine make chemical reactions do?
    Take place at a faster rate
  • Besides metabolism, what other important role does thyroxine play?
    Growth and development
  • How is the level of thyroxine in the blood controlled?
    By negative feedback
  • What is not required to be learned regarding the negative feedback system?
    The specific negative feedback system for thyroxine
  • What is monitored by the brain regarding thyroxine?
    Level of thyroxine in the blood
  • When the thyroxine level falls, what does the pituitary gland release?
    The hormone TSH
  • Where is TSH released?
    Into the bloodstream
  • What does TSH trigger the thyroid gland to do?
    Release more thyroxine into the blood
  • What detects the increased level of thyroxine?
    The brain
  • What does the brain prevent the pituitary gland from doing?
    Releasing TSH
  • As the TSH level falls, what happens to the thyroxine?
    The thyroid gland releases less thyroxine
  • What happens if the level of thyroxine falls?
    Events are triggered to cause it to increase
  • What happens if the level of thyroxine becomes too high?
    Events are triggered to bring it back down
  • What do scientists call the events where if the level of something falls, events are triggered which cause the level to increase and if the level becomes too high events are triggered to bring it back down?
    A negative feedback cycle
  • Where can students find plenty of questions on the adrenal glands, the thyroid gland, and on negative feedback?
    In my vision workbook