Endocrine System Review

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Across
  1. 2. Released when a person's blood glucose levels are low
  2. 4. The inner portion of the adrenal gland
  3. 9. Another term for anterior pituitary gland
  4. 10. The act of target cells forming more receptors in response to low hormone levels
  5. 12. Hormone antagonistic to calcitonin
  6. 14. The endocrine system is _______ than the nervous system
  7. 15. Secretes insulin and glucagon
  8. 16. This endocrine gland involved in immunity sits superior to the heart
  9. 17. The two lobes of this gland are connected medially by an isthmus
Down
  1. 1. Organ that secretes melatonin
  2. 3. A popular second messenger system
  3. 5. Calcitonin _______ blood calcium levels
  4. 6. One of two hormones secreted by the posterior pituitary gland
  5. 7. Connected to the pituitary via the infundibulum
  6. 8. True or False? Endocrine glands have ducts
  7. 11. The adrenal glands sit atop these organs
  8. 13. Which hormone uses humoral stimulation, insulin or epinephrine?