Hayley Tarnasky, February 25th, 2009, Blog #1, 3/3

What we did today(the rundown):

i) Quiz on the Eye, Ear, and Brain (It was out of 13)

ii) Todays lesson was all about the enodcrine system

iii) We learned a quick acronym- HOTFF( Hormone, Organ, Target, Function, Feedback)

iv) As a class discussed what information we know about the endocrine
What We Knew What We Didn’t Know
Study of Hormones Is the brain involved and if it is, then how?
Maintain homeostasis How does it maintain homeostasis?

Which part of the kidney is used?
What exactly is a hormone?

v) Read article "sex creates brain cells"

vi) Were posed the question: What is prolactin?

vii) Were asked to distinguish between nervous and endocrine system

viii) Went over the learning objectives for the endocrine system( as a side note they are super exciting!!)

ix) Discussed what stem cell research is

x) Were reminded of the nervous system on Friday

xi) What are the types of hormones?

xii) many organs produce more than one hormone

xiii) Main Organs involved in the endocrine system:

• hypothalamus


• pituitary


• thyroid


• parathyroid


• pancreas


• female ovary


• male testes


• adrenal gland

xiv) At that moment the bell rang, and we all rushed into the hallway like fish swimming upstream

Thoughts and Opinions (AKA What really matters):

It was truly amazing how little the overall class knew about the enodrine system, yet we all knew that we had indeed learned about it before. We hadn't necessarily been taught the exact meaning or any of the specifics of the system itself. This suprised me because of the fact that when we looked at a picture of the endocrine system, it is spread throughout our body, and for the majority of the class to not really know what its all about really baffles me. So, the class was very informative in which it not only introduced us to the fact that yes, it is about hormones, but its much more complex and important to our everyday body functions than we truly realize.

So, my question for the day of endocrining is simply this: Which hormone is primarily associated with the adrenal gland?

REACH FOR THE SKY!!!!!!!

Answer: According to the following site, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/271826/hormone/72735/Hormones-of-the-adrenal-glands, the adrenal gland is primarily associated with the hormone adrenaline which is also commonly known as epinephrine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenaline