Endocrine System B1

What are endocrine glands?

• secret material out of the body

• secrete hormone chemicals inside the body

• secrete mucous specifically

• secrete glucose

body's chemical messengers that transfer information and instructions from one set of cells to another

• neurotransmitters

• glucose

• hormones

• neurons

what transports the hormones to their target cells

• blood

• sugar

• neurons

• glial cells

Click all 3 functions of the Endocrine system

• In charge of auditory processing

• Influences almost every cell, organ, and function of our bodies

• Regulates mood, growth & development, tissue function, metabolism, sexual function, & reproduction

• In charge of body processes that occur slowly over time

Hormone that Stimulates contraction of the uterus & milk letdown; bonding between mother & baby

• Epinephrine

• Calcitonin

• oxytocin

• Cortisol

Raises blood glucose levels; helps body respond to stress

• Epinephrine

• Calcitonin

• oxytocin

• Cortisol

fight or flight; Raise blood glucose levels, increase metabolic activities, constrict certain blood vessels

• Epinephrine

• Calcitonin

• oxytocin

• Cortisol

Stimulates bone mineralization by aiding calcium deposits on bones

• Epinephrine

• Calcitonin

• oxytocin

• Cortisol

Stimulates the liver to break down glycogen to glucose

• Estrogen

• Insulin

• Glucagon

• Melatonin

Involved in biological / circadian rhythms; sleep when high

• Estrogen

• Insulin

• Glucagon

• Melatonin