Endocrine System 15 Jeopardy Template

Hormone actions	Glands	Homeostasis	Pathology	Endocrine system
100 Which hormone secreted in a daily rhythm influences sleep/wake cycles? What is melatonin	100 What are thee major endocrine glands? What is hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, thymus, pineal, pancreas, adrenal, gonads	100 What is more common in the endocrine system: positive or negative feedback? What is Negative feedback	100 What condition is caused by excessive GH secretion in childhood? What is Gigantism	100 What are the messengers of the endocrine system? What is Hormones
200 What two hormones are called gonadotrophin? What is LH and FSH	200 Which gland produces epinephrine and norepinephrine? What is the adrenal glands	200 Which two hormones are produces by the pancreas to regulate blood glucose levels? What is insulin and glucagon	200 A lack of iodine in the diet caused the thyroid gland to enlarge. What’s is this condition called? What is Goiter	200 What do hormones travel though the body? What is in the blood stream
300 Which hormone promotes uterine contradictions snd is responsible for milk production in the mammary glands? What is oxytocin	300 What is the “master gland” of the body? What is the pituitary gland	300 What two categories of hormones does the hypothalamus produce to regulate the secretion of other hormones? What is releasing hormones and inhibiting hormones	300 What condition is caused by an overproduction of GH in adults? What is acromegaly	300 Where are hormone receptors found? What is On target cells.
400 ACTH controls the secretion of which hormone? What is cortisol	400 Which two hormones are produced by the posterior pituitary gland? What is Oxytocin and ADH	400 Calcitonin is secreted horn blood calcium levels gets too high. It opposes the action of which hormone? What is Parathyroid hormone	400 What disease is characterized by abnormally high blood glucose levels? What is Diabetes Mellitus	400 What type of hormones bind to extra cellular receptors? What is Lipid derivatives
500 What is the collective term for the male sex hormones? What is androgens	500 In which gland would you look for if a person has diabetes insipids? What is the pituitary gland	500 How does a negative feedback loop work.? What is a stimulus caused the creation of a product which then negates the stimulus	500 What disorder is characterized by over secretion of cortisol, usually caused by a pituitary tumor? What is Cushing’s syndrome	500 List two differences between the nervous and endocrine systems What is the nervous system uses electrical impulses to send messages through neurons while endocrine glands use hormones to send messages to the target cells through the bloodstream

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