Endocrine System

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach (8)
  2. 3. Abnormally enlarged thyroid gland (6)
  3. 5. Located near the base of the neck (7)
  4. 7. Any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland (plural) (12)
  5. 9. A hormone secreted by the pancreas (8)
  6. 11. The master gland of the endocrine system (9)
  7. 12. A genetic abnormality resulting in short stature (8)
  8. 14. The organ that bears the ovules of a flower (plural) (7)

Down

  1. 2. A catecholamine secreted by the ___ medulla in response to stress (9)
  2. 4. The organic processes that are necessary for life (10)
  3. 6. Hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas (7)
  4. 8. Excessive size (9)
  5. 9. The process of an individual organism growing organically (6)
  6. 10. Hormone produced by the ___ glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation (8)
  7. 13. The process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate (8)