Human Endocrine System Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: adrenaline: hormone which prepares the body for flight or fight responses, diet: the type and amount of food consumed by people, gland: an organ or tissue that makes a substance for release, such as a hormone, oestrogen: a female sex hormone produced in the ovaries, which is responsible for puberty in girls and the regulation of the menstrual cycle, pituitary: an endocrine gland that is located just below the centre of the brain, respiration: the chemical change that takes place inside living cells, which uses glucose and oxygen to release the energy that organisms need to live, puberty: time during which sexual maturity happens, glucose: a simple sugar used by cells for respiration, insulin: a hormone that regulates the level of sugar in the blood and can be produced by genetically modified bacteria, hormone: chemical messenger produced in glands and carried by the blood to specific organs in the body, thyroxine: hormone produced by the thyroid gland that stimulates the basal metabolic rate, diabetes: a serious disease in which the body is unable to regulate blood sugar, glycogen: animals store glucose as glycogen in their liver and muscle tissues, pancreas: large gland located in the abdomen near the stomach which produces digestive enzymes and the hormone insulin, obesity: the medical term for being very overweight, owing to the excessive accumulation of body fat, hypothalamus: the part of the brain that detects changes in blood temperature and water concentration.