Across
- 2. regulates metabolism
- 6. targets mammary glands and breast tissue
- 10. signals for absorption of sodium from the kidney
- 12. produced in the testes and aids in sperm production
- 13. targets bone and skeletal muscle
- 15. used to promote production of red blood cells in the bone marrow
- 17. secreted into the blood to coordinate body activities
- 18. secrete steroid hormones to promote a stress response
- 19. promotes cellular uptake of glucose
Down
- 1. released by the posterior pituitary and is controlled by positive feedback
- 3. region of the brain that controls the pituitary gland
- 4. can be caused by autoimmune damage of islets in the pancreas
- 5. needed to produce functional thyroid hormones
- 7. helps stimulate release of calcium from bones
- 8. cyclic AMP is an example of this
- 9. regulate stress responses
- 11. produced by the pineal glad to regulate sleep cycles
- 14. hormones that bind to receptors on the cell surface
- 16. hormones that cross the cell membrane directly