Endocrine System & Diabetes
Across
- 3. PTH regulates this ion in the blood stream
- 4. hormones attach to this on target cells
- 7. gland in females that secretes estrogen
- 8. secreted when glucose levels are too high
- 9. located in brain and secretes melatonin
- 10. oxytocin is released from this part of Pit. G.
- 13. system that uses hormones to keep homeostasis parathyroid gland that secretes PTH
- 14. structure in N.S. that regulated Pit. G.
- 16. gland that secretes immunity hormones
- 18. part of Pit. G. that releases growth hormone
- 19. target cell of glucagon, which stores glycogen
- 20. chemical that enters blood & influences tissues
- 21. hormone released from the adrenal medulla
Down
- 1. the endocrine & nervous systems manage this
- 2. secreted when glucose levels are too low
- 3. hormone released from the adrenal cortex
- 5. essential organ that develops during pregnancy
- 6. gland that secretes glucagon and insulin
- 11. hormone released from testes
- 12. anti-diuretic hormone that regulates water balance
- 15. gland that releases T3 & T4
- 17. disease involving the pancreas & insulin