Endocrine System

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Across
  1. 2. connected to the pituitary gland and generates commands in the nervous system
  2. 8. decreases the amount of water excreted in urine
  3. 9. when a gland receives this from the pituitary gland it will travel through the blood to an organ to carry out a specific action
  4. 10. stimulates the conversion of glycogen to glucose
  5. 11. produced by the testicles
  6. 12. stimulates the utilisation of glucose by the muscle and tissues
  7. 13. contracts the muscles in the uterus during birth
Down
  1. 1. regulates the amount of calcium and phosporous in the blood
  2. 3. the lengthening of the bones and growth
  3. 4. prepares the body to work and has similar functions to the sympathetic nervous system
  4. 5. stimulates metabolism
  5. 6. are directly released into the bloodstream
  6. 7. hormone that produces and maintains females sexual traits