Across
- 5. helps you absorb calcium from your food
- 7. cortisol is an example
- 8. gland that does not release hormones
- 12. regulates your metabolic rate
- 13. keeps autoimmune disease at bay
- 18. a hormone precursor
- 19. responds to reduced blood calcium levels
- 20. one hormone upregulates receptors for another hormone
- 21. organ that makes bioactive vitamin D
- 23. endocytosis of hormone receptors is an example
- 24. synthesizes ADH and oxytocin
- 25. an example of hyposecretion
Down
- 1. enables steroid hormone transport
- 2. this cell increases blood calcium concentration
- 3. excessive response to normal amount of hormone
- 4. activates thyroid hormone
- 6. produced by adrenal medulla
- 9. location of thyroxine synthesis
- 10. causes cold intolerance
- 11. responds to dehydration
- 14. regulates reproductive behavior
- 15. regulates release of other hormones
- 16. can be caused by hyper or hypothyroidism
- 17. used in fight or flight response
- 22. produces estradiol