Endocrine System
Use the links below to answer the questions and fill in the blanks about the Endocrine System:
Click on Kids Health: Endocrine System
1) What are the functions of the endocrine system?
2) What are hormones and what is their function?
3) What is a gland?
4) List the major glands/organs that make up the endocrine system.
1) What are the functions of the endocrine system?
2) What are hormones and what is their function?
3) What is a gland?
4) List the major glands/organs that make up the endocrine system.
Click on E-Learning for Kids - Health: Endocrine System
1) What are hormones and where are they made?
2) What do these glands control?
Pituitary -
Thyroid -
Parathyroid -
Adrenal -
Pancreas -
Testes -
Ovaries -
3) Which gland is the "master gland?"
4) What are the symptoms of hyperthyroidism?
5) What are the symptoms of hypothyroidism?
6) How does your body react from adrenaline (epinephrine)?
7) How do insulin and glucagon work together to control blood sugar levels?
1) What are hormones and where are they made?
2) What do these glands control?
Pituitary -
Thyroid -
Parathyroid -
Adrenal -
Pancreas -
Testes -
Ovaries -
3) Which gland is the "master gland?"
4) What are the symptoms of hyperthyroidism?
5) What are the symptoms of hypothyroidism?
6) How does your body react from adrenaline (epinephrine)?
7) How do insulin and glucagon work together to control blood sugar levels?
Use the links below to label your diagram and fill in the chart:
APBI Schools: Endocrine System Diagram Kids Health article: Endocrine System (p. 2-4) |
Click on the Kids Health Article (p. 6) to learn more about Endocrine System Problems
1) What causes Type 1 diabetes? How is it treated?
2) What happens if the pituitary makes too much growth hormone? What happens if it produces too little?
3) What is precocious puberty? How is it treated?
1) What causes Type 1 diabetes? How is it treated?
2) What happens if the pituitary makes too much growth hormone? What happens if it produces too little?
3) What is precocious puberty? How is it treated?