The Endocrine System

3. A gland which controls many others
5. "Above" prefix
6. Want a mouse with Herculean strength? Deactivate this hormone.
8. A phase of the menstrual cycle which ends on day 14
9. Underactive prefix
12. Releases glycogen from the liver
16. A system that is intended to return to baseline
17. Adrenal cortex secretion
18. If this isn't working, you probably have Diabetes
19. Intended recipient of a cellular signal
22. Oxytocin can make you think you've found true ______
25. This hormone helps maintain blood pressure and glucose levels.
26. This hormone can stimulate the adrenal glands, for short
29. Overactive prefix
30. Makes you sleepy, not tan
31. This disease is associated with hyperpigmentation of skin
32. A system which amplifies change to achieve a goal
35. This lobe of the pituitary releases many regulatory hormones
37. Stimulates pancreas to produce a sugar-storing hormone
38. A structure which produces molecular signals
39. A type of diabetes whose name sounds like the solution to the problem it causes
40. A signal sent in the endocrine system

1. Not just a term for where your hair connects to your dermis
2. Burgles your bones
4. Homophone for a child's patella
5. Not endocrine, but...
7. Got Milk?
10. A hormone involved in one of the few positive-feedback loops in anatomy
11. The code of life
13. An egg, but make it science
14. Counterintuitively, high levels of this are associated with low metabolism
15. A system with interdependent variables
20. The powerhouse of the cell
21. This hormone which helps maintain bone density sharply declines with age
23. A common ingredient in PMS medication
24. This syndrome is caused by a long term excess of a stress hormone
27. A biology-101 buzzword
28. The thymus sits above this organ
33. Salt additive
34. The location of 3 critical endocrine structures
36. This occurs on roughly day 14 of the menstrual cycle