Endocrine System

3. Regulates salt and water balance, and blood cell production
4. Causes constriction of the blood vessels, increases heart rate, stimulates the nervous system
7. Stimulates hormone production for growth, development, milk, and thyroid activity
11. When there is a deficiency of thyroxine
13. Inhibits calcium release from the bones
15. Stimulates the development of the male reproductive system
17. Known as the ovaries in females, and testes in males
19. Proteins located on the membranes of target cells to respond to specific hormones
21. The condition when there is too much thyroxine present
22. Secreted by the Hypothalamus to inhibit the production of a specific hormone

1. Controls the production of hormone responsible for the metabolic rate
2. Hormones made from fatty acid called arachidonic
5. Produced by the thyroid, as you age this slows
6. Controls and regulates adult female reproductive systems
8. Produces the hormone to promote the development of the immune system
9. Causes hormone release from the bones
10. If you have one of these you are lacking in iodine in your diet
12. A hormone that regulates the biological clock and sleep-wake cycle
14. Secreted by the Hypothalamus to target the release of a specific hormone
16. Produced by the Hypothalamus in a mother during pregnancy controls actions in the mammary glands, etc.
18. Controls sugar storage and sugar breakdown in the tissues
20. Gland responsible for sugar storage and controls glycogen conversion