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Diagram Number 6

Answer Adrenal Glands

Diagram Number 1

Answer Pituitary Gland

Diagram Number 7

Answer Pancreas

Diagram Number 2

Answer Hypothalamus

Diagram Number 3

Answer Thyroid

Diagram Number 5

Answer Thymus

Diagram Number 4

Answer Parathyroid

Question Controls the release of energy from food molecules

Answer Thyroid

Question Regulates the amount of calcium in the blood

Answer Parathyroid

Question Produces the hormones insulin and glucagon which controls the body’s sugars

Answer Pancreas

Question Helps the immune system to develop

Answer Thymus

Question Balances salt and water in the kidneys

Answer Adrenal

Question Links the nervous system and the endocrine system

Answer hypothalamus

Question The master gland

Answer Pituitary gland

Question Releases adrenaline

Answer Adrenal

Question Organs that produce and release chemicals into the bloodstream

Answer Glands

Question The chemicals produced by the endocrine system are transported through what passageway

Answer Bloodstream

Question What are the chemical products of an endocrine gland?

Answer hormones

Question Endocrine glands do not have pores so the chemicals must travel through the bloodstream. We call these glands _______________ glands.

Answer Ductless

Question What organ do hormones not affect?

Answer The brain

Question Name 3 negative impacts of imbalanced hormones?

Answer Dwarfism, gigantism, adrenal insufficiency, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism