1. Hormones
Endocrine System

2. Hormones Humans can send information through nerve impulses,
Or through chemical messages called Hormones.

3. Hormones
Hormones are a chemical substance produced by a gland, carried by the blood, that alters the activity of one or more specific target organs and is then destroyed by the liver

4. Hormones
Hormones are made in special glands called endocrine glands.

5. Adrenaline
Adrenaline is designed to help you cope with danger (fight or flight response).
Also called epinephrine it increases heart rate, pulse rate, and blood pressure, Also raises the blood levels of glucose and lipids

6. So what systems are affected and how?
Name the systems of your body that would be affected by the production of adrenaline.
Talk to your neighbor and be ready to share out.
1 minute
What did you come up with?

8. Compare and Contrast Nervous System Endocrine System Made of…
Endocrine glands
Information transmitted…
Along neurons, in the form of electrical impulses
Speed of transmission
How long does the effect last
Lasts a very short time

9. Compare and Contrast Nervous System Endocrine System Made of… neurons
Secretory cells
Endocrine glands
Information transmitted…
Along neurons, in the form of electrical impulses
By chemicals called hormones
Speed of transmission
Very fast along neuron
Chemicals travel slower through the blood
How long does the effect last
Lasts a very short time
Effect may last longer

10. What makes your adrenaline flow?
Read through the different adventures.
Share one that you would love to do and one that you would never do and the reason for each.
If you wouldn’t do any, pick the worst two and if you would do them all, pick two that are the most exciting.