LETS GET QUIZICO

• What is cascading?

  The idea something has to be in order
• What makes up the endocrine system?

  Glands
• What is not part of the endocrine system?

  Tear glands, sweat glands and oil glands
• when is insulin the highest?

  post meal
• when is the glucagon the highest?

  between meals
• What hormone acts opposite of insulin?

  Glucagon
• What part of the pancreas produces insulin?

  islets of Langerhans
• When pancreas fails to produce enough insulin, what can happen?

  We can get type mellitus diabetes
• What does the adrenal medulla produce?

  epinephrine
• Where is the adrenal medulla located?

  sympathetic division
• What does cortisol help counteract?


  Inflammation
• What gland regulates estrogen in female body?

  ovaries
• Which organ regulates the metabolism of all tissues?

  thyroid
• What are the 2 categories of hormones?

  peptides and steroids
• What does thymus produce?

  T-Cells
• What is melatonin produced by?

  pineal gland
• What regulates levels of insulin?

  pancreas
• What releases hormones into the blood stream?

  Endocrine system
• What is the master gland of the endocrine system?

  pituitary/hypothalamus
• t3 becomes active once what?

  it converts into t4
• what organ releases the organ?

  testosterone
• What is the menstrual cycle regulated by?

  estrogen and progesterone
• Which hormones cause the hormones to contract?

  oxytocin - posterior pituitary