Endocrine System

The endocrine system is made up of glands that release hormones into the blood.

• True

• False

Insulin is released when blood sugar is too high.

• True

• False

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Are chemicals that travel in the blood and cause changes in different parts of the body

• Hormones
• Glands
• Parathyroid 
• Adrenal Gland 

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Insulin is a hormone produced by the ___________________.

• liver

• bladder

• pancreas

• heart

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A disease in which the body's ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, causing an increase in blood sugar

• diabetes

• ulcers

• asthma

• bronchitis

What are some major organs of the Endocrine system?

• Heart and blood vessels
• Mouth, Lungs, Bronchi, and Trachea
• Esophagus, Stomach, Small and large instestine
• Pineal gland, Thyroid gland, Adrenal gland, and pancreas

Controls long term changes such as growth

• limbic system

• endocrine system

• nervous system

• temporal lobe

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What is the function of the endocrine system?

• to filter and eliminate the waste from the blood

• to secrete hormones into the bloodstream to regulate body activities

• to provide structure and support for the body

• to defend the body against pathogens

During child birth a woman's body over produces a hormone called oxytocin until the baby is born. What kind of feedback loop would this be?

• Negative Feedback Loop

• Positive Feedback Loop

• Neutral Feedback Loop

• Linear Feedback Loop

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When you eat a burger , your body produces insulin to control blood sugar . What type of feedback is that

• Positive feedback

• Negative Feedback

• None

• Both

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