Endocrine Enigma
Across
- 4. Symptom of diabetes insipidus due to lack of antidiuretic hormone.
- 5. Brain region that controls the pituitary gland.
- 8. Lobe of the pituitary gland that secretes growth hormone and ACTH
- 10. Main gland that secretes hormones controlling other endocrine glands.
- 12. Hormone involved in 'fight or flight' response.
- 13. Hormone that also stimulates milk production.
- 14. Hormone that regulates salt reabsorption in the kidneys.
- 17. Thyroid enlargement caused by iodine deficiency.
- 19. Hormone responsible for male secondary sexual characteristics.
- 20. Hormone responsible for female secondary sexual characteristics.
- 23. Gland that secretes thyroxine.
- 24. Pancreatic hormone that lowers blood glucose levels.
- 25. Hormone that raises blood glucose levels, secreted by the pancreas.
- 27. Lobe of the pituitary gland that secretes ADH and oxytocin.
- 28. Organ where oxytocin stimulates muscle contractions during childbirth.
- 29. Symptom of diabetes mellitus and hypothyroidism.
- 30. Hormone that stimulates water reabsorption in the kidneys.
Down
- 1. Male reproductive organ that secretes testosterone.
- 2. Hormone that stimulates the development of ovarian follicles and spermatogenesis.
- 3. Hormone secreted during stress, similar to adrenaline.
- 4. Hormone that increases metabolism, secreted by the thyroid.
- 6. Hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
- 7. Gland that secretes adrenaline and noradrenaline.
- 9. Organ that secretes insulin and glucagon.
- 11. Condition caused by excessive secretion of thyroxine.
- 15. Hormone that stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth.
- 16. Hormone that stimulates the development of the uterine wall.
- 18. Condition caused by insufficient growth hormone secretion.
- 21. Condition caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone during childhood.
- 22. Condition caused by insufficient secretion of thyroxine.
- 26. Hormone that stimulates ovulation in females and testosterone production in males.