Maryhill College

College of Nursing
Lucena City

(ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY- laboratory- 7)

Bryan L. Lecaros
Name:______________________________ Score:_________________

BSN-1B
Year:_______________________________ Date:_________________

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
INSTRUCTION: COMPLETE THE TABLE BELOW…

I- ILLUSTRATION
II- TABLE
PARTS ANATOMY
HYPOTHALAMUS A GLAND IN THE BRAIN THAT
CONTROLS THE HORMONE SYSTEM
PITUITARY GLAND DUCTLESS GLAND OF THE
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM THAT
SECRETES HORMONES
DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM
PINEAL GLAND SMALL ENDOCRINE GLAND
THYROID GLAND BUTTERFLY-SHAPED GLAND THAT
SITS LOW ON THE FRONT OF THE
NECK
PARATHYROID ONE OF FOUR PEA-SIZED GLANDS
FOUND ON THE SURFACE OF THE
THYROID
PHYSIOLOGY
MAINTAIN THE HOMEOSTASIS OF
THE BODY
SECRETE HORMONES ESSENTIAL
FOR HOMEOSTASIS
SECRETE THE HORMONE
MELATONIN IN RESPONSE TO LOW
LIGHT LEVELS
HORMONES REGULATE BASAL
METABOLISM, OXYGEN USE,
NUTRIENT METABOLISM
RELEASE OF CALCIUM BY
BONES INTO THE BLOODSTREAM
THYMUS SMALL ORGAN THAT LIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASE-
UPPER CHEST UNDER THE FIGHTING T CELLS
BREASTBONE

ADRENAL CORTEX OUTER PART OF THE ADRENAL PRODUCES HORMONES THAT

GLAND CONTROLS SEX (ANDROGENS,
ESTROGENS),
SALT BALANCE IN THE BLOOD
(ALDOSTERONE)

ADRENAL MEDULLA INNER PART OF THE ADRENAL CONTROLS HORMONES THAT

GLAND INITIATE THE FLIGHT OR FIGHT
RESPONSE

PANCREAS AN ELONGATED, TAPERED ORGAN SECRETE THE HORMONES

LOCATED ACROSS THE BACK OF GLUCAGON, INSULIN,
THE BELLY SOMATOSTATIN,AND
PANCREATIC POLYPEPTIDE (PP)

OVARIES FEMALE PELVIC REPRODUCTIVE SECRETE HORMONES

ORGANS THAT HOUSE THE OVA PRIMARILY ESTROGEN AND
PROGESTERONE

TESTES ONE OF TWO EGG-SHAPED PRODUCE SPERM AND MALE

GLANDS HORMONES
INSIDE THE SCROTUM