Endocrine System - Page 6
Questions
- Are muscles and glands part of the central nervous system, receptors, part of the peripheral nervous system, or effectors?
- How do sweat glands protect the human body?
- What glands produce sweat?
- A 2 year old boy begins severely craving for salt and starts developing sexually. His test results shows hyperglycemia. What endocrine gland is hypersecreting? Why?
- Is the kidney an endocrine gland?
- Is saliva an endocrine or exocrine secretion? Why?
- What is the relation of thyroid with thyroglossal duct? Whys does it later detach from the duct?
- Which body system distributes hormones throughout the body?
- What is the thymus?
- Why are endocrine glands called endocrine instead of exocrine?
- What is the central, transparent part of the outer coat of the eye covering the iris and pupil called?
- Where does the endocrine system release hormones into?
- What is a medical doctor who treats eye disorders called?
- What hormone(s) is/are released by the kidneys?
- Which veins can the esophageal veins drain into?
- What hormone stimulates the liver to release glucose into the blood?
- What are the two layers of the endometrium?
- What is the part of the brain that regulates the production of the hormone melatonin called?
- What is the ductless gland that produces a chemical substance, called a hormone, that is secreted directly into the bloodstream instead of exiting the body through ducts?
- Where is a hormone's site of action?