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Hormones and the Endocrine System
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Hormones: Substance produced in humans through means of the Endocrine system to stimulate the body
Adrenalin: The hormone responsible for when you feel tension, stress or quickened heartbeat during something like a frightening or near-death experience
Pituitary gland: The gland usually regarded as the most important of the endocrine system is the__________
Thyroxin: Insufficient levels of this may hinder mental and physical growth of a developing child
Endocrine System: The collective term for the glands which produce hormones
Stimulation: The __________of growth is caused by hormones
Puberty: A stage where one may refer to as 'a new phase of life' and the changing from a boy to a man and a girl to a woman
Reproductive: ____________ glands include the ovaries and the testes
Insulin: A way of the cells within your body to break down your consumed foods into glucose
Hypothalamus: One of the major glands of the Endocrine system
Estrogen: The female sex hormone is called ___________
Testosterone: The male sex hormone is called ____________
Pancreas: A gland well-concealed and deep within the abdomen
Adrenal Glands: The glands which prepare your body for future confrontations of action
Parathyroid: Nearly thyroid, but more*
Arousal: Caused by the stimulation of your sex hormones, resulting in sexual excitement
Hormones and the Endocrine System
Across:1. | A gland well-concealed and deep within the abdomen | 4. | The female sex hormone is called ___________ | 6. | Caused by the stimulation of your sex hormones, resulting in sexual excitement | 9. | A stage where one may refer to as 'a new phase of life' and the changing from a boy to a man and a girl to a woman |
| 12. | The hormone responsible for when you feel tension, stress or quickened heartbeat during something like a frightening or near-death experience | 13. | Substance produced in humans through means of the Endocrine system to stimulate the body | 14. | The collective term for the glands which produce hormones |
| | Down:2. | The glands which prepare your body for future confrontations of action | 3. | The male sex hormone is called ____________ | 5. | A way of the cells within your body to break down your consumed foods into glucose | 7. | ____________ glands include the ovaries and the testes |
| 8. | One of the major glands of the Endocrine system | 10. | Insufficient levels of this may hinder mental and physical growth of a developing child | 11. | Nearly thyroid, but more* |
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Hormones and the Endocrine System
Across:1. | A gland well-concealed and deep within the abdomen | 4. | The female sex hormone is called ___________ | 6. | Caused by the stimulation of your sex hormones, resulting in sexual excitement | 9. | A stage where one may refer to as 'a new phase of life' and the changing from a boy to a man and a girl to a woman |
| 12. | The hormone responsible for when you feel tension, stress or quickened heartbeat during something like a frightening or near-death experience | 13. | Substance produced in humans through means of the Endocrine system to stimulate the body | 14. | The collective term for the glands which produce hormones |
| | Down:2. | The glands which prepare your body for future confrontations of action | 3. | The male sex hormone is called ____________ | 5. | A way of the cells within your body to break down your consumed foods into glucose | 7. | ____________ glands include the ovaries and the testes |
| 8. | One of the major glands of the Endocrine system | 10. | Insufficient levels of this may hinder mental and physical growth of a developing child | 11. | Nearly thyroid, but more* |
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PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only