Endocrine System- Terminology check
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Topics of this game:
- What does acr/o stand for?
- What is the process through which the body maintains a constant internal environment?
- What is also known as hypophysis?
- How many major glands make up the endocrine system?
- How many lobes is the pituitary gland divided into?
- How many parathyroid glands are there in the Endocrine system?
- How many gonads does an individual have?
- In males, which body part are the gonads?
- ______ are chemical messengers that are secreted by endocrine glands directly into the bloodstream.
- What does -ism stand for?
- What hormone stimulates the secretion of estrogen and the growth of ova in the ovaries of a female?
- What hormone does LH stand for?
- What is another way to say growth hormone?
- What stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth?
- What is the abbreviation for thyroid stimulating hormone?
- What is the pineal gland also known as?
- ____ influences the sleep-wakefulness portions of the circadian cycle.
- Which gland is known to be butterfly-shaped?
- What hormone does the parathyroid hormone work with to regulate calcium levels?
- ___ is the term that describes all of the processes involved in the body's use of nutrients
- Which gland produces calcitonin?
- The hormone that plays an important role in the immune system by stimulating the maturation of lymphocytes into T cells is ____.
- What shape is the pancreas organ?
- Another word for adrenal glands?
- What is glucose also known as?
- What hormone is secreted by alpha cells of the pancreatic islets in response to low levels of glucose in the bloodstream?
- What is name used to describe the mineral substances generally found in the blood?
- Corticosteroids are the steroid hormones produced by the _____ cortex.
- What is another word for hydrocortisone?
- Another word for adrenaline is ___.
- What is the process of physical changes by which a child's body becomes an adult's body that is capable of reproducing?
- Which hormone is released during the second half of the menstrual cycle by the corpus lute in the ovary?
- ___ is a protein hormone secreted by fat cells that are involved in regulation of appetite.
- Nuerohormones are produced and released by neurons in the ____.
- __ is a reproductive cell.
- What is the name for a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases and malfunctions of the endocrine glands?
- ____ are a large family of hormone-like substances that share the same fat-soluble chemical structure.
- Which means to secrete within?
- What is the abnormal growth of the entire body that is caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone before puberty known as?
- What is another word for thyrotoxic crisis?
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