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Unit 7.3-Chemical Control
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- 11) What is the endocrine system?The endocrine system is a communication system that controls the internal environment of the body.
- 22) What is controlled by the endocrine system?Water & Glucose Levels in your blood, body temperature and the changes your body goes through during puberty and pregnancy are all controlled by the endocrine system.
- 33) What are hormones?Hormones are chemical substances that act as messengers in the body.
- 44) What are the endocrine glands?The endocrine glands are the pituarity gland, pancreas, adrenal, ovaries, testes and thyroid.
- 55) What is the endocrine system coordinated by?The endocrine system is coordinated by the pituitary gland.
- 66) Why is the pituarity gland referred to the master gland?Becuase it controls the activities of the other endocrine glands such as the thyroid gland.
- 77) What is homeostastis?The process of maintaining a constant internal environment is known as homeosatasis.
- 88) What is endothermicaccompanied by or requiring the absorption of heat
- 99) What is the body temp controlled by?The nervous system and this is more immediate response.
- 1010) What is the TSH?Thyroid-stimulating hormone.
- 1111) What causes sweat glands to produce sweat?The message from the hypothalmus.
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