What is the function of the endocrine system?
-:- coordination of body function through synthesis and release of chemical
messengers in the blood stream
What are the major differences between the endocrine system and the nervous system?
-:- The endocrine system is slower acting, uses hormone...
Biod 151 - module 6 (endocrine system)
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What is the function of the endocrine system?
✓ -:- coordination of body function through synthesis and release of chemical
messengers in the blood stream
What are the major differences between the endocrine system and the nervous system?
✓ -:- The endocrine system is slower acting, uses hormones, and uses the bloodstream
to reach an eventual target. The nervous system is fast acting, uses
neurotransmitters, and uses other neurons, glands, or muscles to accomplish task.
What is the lock and key method?
✓ -:- Each cell has specific hormone receptors that only accept the specific hormone it
utilizes.
What are hormones?
✓ -:- an organic chemical produced by one set of cells that affects a different set of
cells. They are chemical messengers that influence the metabolism of the recipient
✓ -:- They secrete hormones as a secondary function
List the secondary endocrine glands.
✓ -:- heart, kidneys, gonads, thymus
Explain the negative feedback system
✓ -:- The body stops producing a hormone once a certain level is reached, or it
produces more of a hormone if the level falls.
Explain the example of ADH's negative feedback system
✓ -:- Antidiuretic hormone dilutes the blood. Once the blood is diluted, the
hypothalamus detects dilution levels and shuts off the release of ADH.
Explain a positive feedback system
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