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- 2. What gland helps with immunity by stimulating the development of disease-fighting T cells?
- 4. What gland controls the metabolic rate?
- 7. organs What are organs called that have receptors for specific hormones?
- 9. gland What gland regulates the body’s daily (circadian) clock?
- 10. What gland controls levels of insulin and glucagon and regulates sugar metabolism?
- 12. In what situation does the nervous system immediately activate the adrenal glands?
- 14. Through what system are hormones transported to various organs throughout the body?
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- 1. medulla What part of the adrenal glands prepares the body for action?
- 3. What gland controls the pituitary gland?
- 4. What gland, in males, affects physical development, reproductive organs, and sexual behavior?
- 5. Are the effects of hormones on behavior and mental processes more immediate or prolonged compared to nerve impulses?
- 6. Compared to the nervous system, is the endocrine system faster or slower in communication?
- 8. glands What glands are comprised of two parts, the adrenal cortex and the adrenal medulla?
- 11. cortex What part of the adrenal glands regulates carbohydrate and salt metabolism and controls the inflammatory response?
- 13. What gland regulates growth, controls the thyroid, ovaries or testes, pancreas, and adrenal cortex, and regulates water and salt metabolism?
- 15. What gland, in females, affects physical development, reproductive organs, and sexual behavior?