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Write the answers for following questions in one or two words.

1. These are natural chemicals and are your body's chemical messengers:
2. Hormones travel in this to reach tissues and organs:
3. This gland secretes several important hormones which stimulate other endocrine
glands:
4. This gland is also known as the master switchboard because it’s the part of the brain
that controls the endocrine system:
5. This gland is responsible for regulating blood sugar levels:
6. This gland produces the hormones thyroxine and and triodothyronine which control the
rate of energy release inside cells: T
7. When we are in danger the brain stimulates these glands to secrete the hormone
adrenaline, to prepare us for the “flight” and “fight” response:
8. The endocrine system works very closely with this system:
9. This disease has two types, type 1 and type 2. It is caused by issues with insulin and the
pancreas:
10. The pancreas regulates blood sugar levels by releasing this hormone:
11. Men produce this hormone in their testes:
12. Women produce this hormone in their ovaries:
13. This organ sends instructions to the endocrine system:
14. This condition is also referred to as gigantism:
15. The endocrine system constantly adjusts hormone levels so that the body can function
normally and achieve this:
16. This is caused when a person has too much prolactin hormone:
17. This is caused when a person has too much thyroid hormone:
18. This is caused when there is too little thyroid hormone:
19. This is caused by hormone levels that are too high or too low or if your body does not
respond normally to hormones:
20. This term describes an endocrine disease that results when a gland produces too much
or too little of a hormone:
21. The endocrine glands produce them:
22. This gland produces growth hormones which is important for controlling growth and
development:
23. This gland control everyday important functions such as eating, sleeping, body
temperature and heart rate:
24. This organ can receive feedback from the endocrine glands:
25. In Diabetes, the pancreas does not produce this:

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