The Endocrine System
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- 4. Regulates the development of the immune system
- 6. Gland Secretes melatonin, which affects the onset of puberty and regulates sleep cycles
- 10. Lobe The rear lobe
- 11. Links the endocrine system and the nervous system
- 12. Lobe The front lobe
- 13. Endocrine System Includes a variety of organs that work together to regulate many body functions
- 14. The male reproductive glands
- 15. Hormone Stimulates the thyroid to produce hormones
- 16. The female reproductive glands
- 17. Hormone Regulates water balance in the body
- 18. Lobe The middle lobe
- 21. The body's emergency response hormone
- 22. A time during the teen years when many physical and emotional changes occur
- 23. a factor that influence hormone levels
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- 1. The number of glands the Endocrine system contain
- 2. Another factor that influences hormone levels
- 3. Chemicals that help regulate many of the body's functions
- 5. Hormone Darkening of the skin pigmentation
- 6. Works for the digestive and endocrine system
- 7. Gland The master gland
- 8. Glands Help the body deal with stress and emergencies
- 9. The pituitary gland has this many sections or lobes
- 10. Glands Produces the parathyroid hormone
- 19. Regulates metabolism, body heat and bone growth
- 20. Glands Ductless organs or groups of cells that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream