Chemical messengers of the body
The master controllers
Metabolism and energy
Stress and survival
YOUR GOAL
Master of The human endocrine system
artiteacher Metabolism and energy
Turn up the energy, turn up the heat! (Thyroxine's keeping the beat!)
artiteacher In 1921, Canadian researchers Frederick Banting and Charles Best successfully isolated insulin, transforming diabetes from a fatal diagnosis into a manageable condition.
artiteacher The pancreas operates as both an exocrine digestive organ and an endocrine gland that regulates blood glucose levels.
artiteacher Balance thyroid hormone levels to learn how your body regulates its metabolism.
Insulin naming origin: The name insulin comes from 'insula', the Latin word for island, because it is produced in cell islands inside the pancreas.
A hormone produced by the thyroid gland that increases the rate of cell metabolism. Biochemist Edward Calvin Kendall first isolated this hormone in 1914 at the Mayo Clinic.
Which team of researchers successfully isolated insulin in Toronto, Canada, in 1921?
What hormone does the pancreas secrete to raise blood sugar levels when they drop too low?
Which cells within the pancreas are responsible for producing and secreting insulin?
What endocrine disorder is characterized by the body's inability to produce or properly use insulin?
Which chemical element is absolutely required by the thyroid gland to produce its hormones?
What physical symptom occurs when the thyroid gland swells due to a lack of dietary iodine?