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    Endocrine System Short Answer Questions - LA - Answers

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    The endocrine system controls nearly all processes in the body through hormones secreted by glands. Hormones travel via the bloodstream to target tissues and organs to coordinate functions like metabolism, growth, and immune response. When body temperature increases, temperature receptors detect the change and the brain coordinates a response like vasodilation and sweating to regulate temperature. Hypothyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland is underactive and does not produce enough hormones, causing slowed metabolism and symptoms like fatigue and weight gain. In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or cells do not respond properly to insulin, resulting in high blood sugar levels.

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    The endocrine system controls nearly all processes in the body through hormones secreted by glands. Hormones travel via the bloodstream to target tissues and organs to coordinate functions like metabolism, growth, and immune response. When body temperature increases, temperature receptors detect the change and the brain coordinates a response like vasodilation and sweating to regulate temperature. Hypothyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland is underactive and does not produce enough hormones, causing slowed metabolism and symptoms like fatigue and weight gain. In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or cells do not respond properly to insulin, resulting in high blood sugar levels.

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    The endocrine system controls nearly all processes in the body through hormones secreted by glands. Hormones travel via the bloodstream to target tissues and organs to coordinate functions like metabolism, growth, and immune response. When body temperature increases, temperature receptors detect the change and the brain coordinates a response like vasodilation and sweating to regulate temperature. Hypothyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland is underactive and does not produce enough hormones, causing slowed metabolism and symptoms like fatigue and weight gain. In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or cells do not respond properly to insulin, resulting in high blood sugar levels.

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    Endocrine System Short Answer Questions

    Answer each of the following questions in the space provided.


    1. Describe the function of the endocrine system.
    The endocrine system controls nearly all processes in the body through
    coordinating body functions such as metabolism, emotions, immune response,
    growth and development, sexual function and sleep. It does this by secreting
    chemical messengers known as hormones from specific organs known as glands.

    2. Give a definition for the term ‘hormone’.


    A hormone is a chemical produced by the endocrine glands that acts as a
    messenger to communicate with target tissues and organs.

    3. Identify how the hormones released by the endocrine glands move around the body.
    Hormones that are released/produced by the endocrine glands travel to the
    target tissues and organs via the bloodstream.

    4. Define the term ‘homeostasis’.


    Homeostasis is the maintenance of a constant internal environment of an
    organism, irrespective of external or internal changes.

    5. Draw an image or flow chart of the body’s response when body temperature increases.

    Nervous impulse sent to the


    The thermoregulatory centre
    thermoregulatory centre in the
    coordinates a response.
    brain.

    Temperature receptors in the skin and


    Blood vessels dilate (vasodilation) and sweat is
    thermoregulatory centre detect an increase in
    released from sweat glands.
    body temperature.

    Normal Core Body Temperature (37°C)

    6. Investigate the disease hypothyroidism and describe the symptoms of this disease.
    Hypothyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland is underactive and does not
    produce enough Triiodothyronine (T3) and Thyroxine (T4) hormone. This
    causes the person’s metabolism to slow down. People with hypothyroidism
    may experience symptoms such as fatigue and low energy levels, weight gain,
    intolerance to cold temperatures, depression, thyroid goitre and other symptoms.
    In extreme cases, the body’s functions slow to a life-threatening point.

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    7. Investigate the disease Type 2 diabetes. Identify what gland is not working properly and
    what occurs inside the body as a result.
    Type 2 diabetes is a condition that affects how the body processes blood sugar
    (glucose). Type 2 diabetes results in the pancreas not producing enough insulin
    (the hormone responsible for regulating sugar in the bloodstream) or the cells
    responding poorly to insulin resulting in too much sugar circulating in the
    bloodstream.

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