BIO 12: ENDOCRINE SYSTEM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED

what is the endocrine system? a system that regulates and coordinates functions of organs throughout the body. It uses hormones with slow & long acting responses and is controlled by the nervous system. It also controls growth, development,reproduction, behaviour, energy metabolism and water balance 2 main components of the endocrine system? Explain each 1. Glands→ the functional units of the endocrine system that makes chemicals that're secreted into the blood 2. Hormones → chemical messengers that are made by the glands and must meet certain criteria. They're cleaved/split by enzymes in cells, in the blood or in the liver/kidneys in order to be reused or exerted. There's 2 categories of hormones 2 categories of hormones? 1. Non-targeted hormones- affect any cell throughout the body (h hormone). 2.Target hormones- affect a specific cells (ex gastrin which causes stomach cells to make pepsin)