Title: Describe the role of the endocrine system.
Course: Medical Terminology (14154-II) > Section: Understanding the Endocrine System

Description should include

- the vital functions of the system
- the basic functions of each organ or structure within the system
- the relationship of the system and its structures to other body systems.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What roles do the thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, adrenal gland, pituitary gland, pancreas, ovaries, and testes play in the endocrine system?
- What hormones do endocrine glands or tissues produce, and what are the actions for the hormones?
- What are the endocrine tissues, their secretions, and their actions?
- What is the master gland, and why is it called that? What hormones are produced by the gland, and what are the hormones’ actions?
- What structures of the endocrine system are also part of the reproductive system?
- What structure of the endocrine system is also a part of the gastrointestinal system?
- How does the endocrine system interrelate with other body systems?