Name: _______________

Date: ______________

Endocrine System

SECTION A: ESSAY
On the attached sheet of paper, write a paragraph of which hormone you think is the most important to the human body and why.

SECTION B: MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following body systems works most closely with the endocrine system to internally control the body? a. Digestive b. Nervous c. Reproductive 2. Which of these is not an example of negative feedback control? a. Blood water levels b. Steroid hormones c. Blood glucose levels

3. Which part of the endocrine system secretes epinethrine and norepinephrine? a. Adrenal Medulla b. Thyroid c. Pituitary

4. What do hormones attach to once they are released from their glands? a. Red blood cells b. Sickle cells c. Target cells

5. Hormones that are made up of lipids are known as what? a. Amino acid hormones b. Sex hormones c. Steroid hormones

6. Which of the following is not a sex hormone? a. Testosterone b. Estradiol c. Ghrelin

7. Which portion of the adrenal gland produces adrenaline? a. Inner b. Middle c. Outer

8. Which of these does not regulate the amount of hGH in your blood? a. Hypothalamus b. Thyroid gland c. Pituitary gland

SECTION C: FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. The _________________ is the part of the brain that connects the nervous and endocrine systems through activating the _________________ gland. 2. The __________________, located in the neck, regulates metabolism, growth, and ________________. 3. The pathyroid gland produces pathyroid __________________, which increases the rate of calcium, phosphate and magnesium in the ________________.

SECTION D: MATCHING
PART OF ENDOCRINE SYSTEM FUNCTION A. Secretes epinethrine and 1. Ovaries _____ norepinephrine

B. Secretes parathyroid hormone 2. Adrenal medulla _____

C. Controls adrenal gland, thyroid, 3. Pituitary _____ ovaries, testes, etc., and secretes growth hormone D. Controls pituitary and synthesizes 4. Adrenal Cortex _____ hormones for contractions during birth 5. Parathyroid gland 6. Testis _____ _____ _____ E. Secretes female sex hormones F. Secretes thyroxin and calcitonin G. Secretes male sex hormones H. Secretes glucocorticoid and 8. Thyroid gland _____ aldosterone

7. Hypothalamus