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These bingo cards contain 38 detailed definitions covering the endocrine system for advanced high school students. Terms span hormone types, gland structures, feedback mechanisms, and specific hormones like insulin, cortisol, and estrogen. Use these for anatomy and physiology review, AP Biology test preparation, or as a template for other organ-system bingo activities.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Anatomy
Grade Level:
11th – 12th Grades
Updated February 2025

Word List

  • Chemical messengers that regulate the physiologic activity of other cells
  • Ductless glands that secrete their products directly into the bloodstream
  • Glands that secrete their products into ducts that release into the body
  • Feedback system that moves hormone levels in the opposite direction
  • Feedback system that involves hormones being released from one gland that regulates another hormone release from another gland
  • Sudoriferous, sebaceous, and salivary glands
  • Hormones that stimulates the release of another hormone
  • Stalklike structure that allows the pituitary gland to extend from the hypothalamus
  • System of blood vessels that connects the anterior pituitary lobe directly to the hypothalamus
  • Stimulates the adrenal cortex to secrete it's hormones; especially cortisol
  • Stimulates protein synthesis for muscle & bone growth, maintenance & repair, and plays a role in metabolism
  • Stimulates the thyroid to secrete it's hormones, especially T4 (thyroxine)
  • Stimulates estrogen production and development of ovarian follicles in women & testosterone and sperm production in the testes for men
  • Stimulates the release of estrogen, progesterone, ovulation, & development of the corpus luteum in women & testosterone production in the testes for men
  • Stimulates lactation in the mammary glands
  • Increase melanin production & hyperpigmentation
  • Decreases urine production by stimulating the kidneys to absorb more water
  • Stimulates uterine contraction in pregnancy, labor, and delivery, and stimulates milk expression
  • Regulates the circadian rhythm
  • Hormones that regulate almost all body processes and require iodine to be made
  • Increases blood calcium levels by stimulating osteoblastic activity
  • Hormones secreted by the adrenal cortex
  • Hormones secreted by the adrenal medulla
  • Only endocrine and exocrine gland in the body
  • Hormone secreted by the alpha cells of the pancreas
  • Hormone secreted from the beta cells of the pancreas
  • Increases blood glucose levels by stimulating the release of stored glucose from the liver
  • Decreases blood glucose levels by stimulating the liver, skeletal muscle, and adipocytes to absorb glucose from the blood
  • The pregnancy-promoting hormone that maintains the endometrium and inhibits uterine contractions
  • Responsible for the development of secondary female sex characteristics
  • Alters the properties of connective tissue by activating collagenase
  • Stimulates sperm production and is responsible for secondary male sex characteristics
  • Stimulates the production of red blood cells (RBC's) in the bone marrow
  • Hormone that is an indicator of pregnancy when found in the urine/blood
  • Stimulates appetite
  • Stimulates bile and pancreatic enzyme emissions
  • Plays a role in metabolism and suppresses hunger
  • Triggers the kidneys to increase urine production, which decreases blood pressure

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