Endocrine System Worksheet
Time Estimate: 35 minutes
Examine
Part 1:
Follow these steps to complete your research.
1. Research a disorder that involves one or more glands in the endocrine system. You
do not have to choose one that was introduced in the lesson. Feel free to explore.
Diabetes
2. Identify symptoms of the disorder.
Symptoms can include excessive thirst, weight loss, blurred vision, fatigue, numbing
or tingling, polyphagia.
3. Identify the gland or glands involved in the disorder.
Affects the pancreas
4. Identify the impacts of this disorder on the body and why these happen.
The main impacts to the body are damaging blood vessels throughout the body due
to persistently high blood sugar, which leads to complications in organs like the
eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, and feet. Which can lead to vision loss, kidney disease,
nerve damage, heart attacks, and foot ulcers.
5. Identify treatments or prevention methods for this disorder.
Lifestyle changes include eating a healthier diet, exercising regularly and losing
weight. Medication wise there are oral medications (pills), insulin injections, and
dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitors.
Part 2:
Follow these steps to make your presentation.
1. Make a presentation of your choosing. It can be a PowerPoint, video, cartoon strip,
etc. (A typed script must be included with any video presentation.)
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Here is an example of how you could format your presentation: Presentation
Example
2. Include the following:
a. Disorder and explanation of glands and hormones involved
b. Impacts on the body, both short-term and long-term
c. Causes of the disorder
d. Prevention or treatment of the disorder
e. Citations of your information (All research should be restated in your own words!)
f. Visuals to show the processes—images, if cited, or drawings created by
hand or computer tool
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3. Answer the lesson connections questions below within your presentation. You will
only submit the presentation as your assignment, not this worksheet.
Lesson Connections
Use what you learned from the lesson to answer the questions below. The answers to
these questions should be added at the end of your presentation or submitted in the
comment box.
1. Endocrine disorders are often difficult to diagnose. Use what you have learned from
the lesson to explain why.
Symptoms often overlap with other conditions, which they can manifest with other
nonspecific signs like fatigue, weight changes, and mood swings. This makes it
challenging to loke for the underlying hormonal imbalance.
2. What is one reason endocrine disorders are important to understand?
They are important to understand because the endocrine system regulates how
much of each hormone is released. It also helps control mood, growth and
development.
3. How do you think endocrine disorders presenting at different ages would affect a
person differently? Give one example.
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For example, if you have a hormone imbalance as a child it will severely have an
affect on your development as an adult.
4. Out of all the glands you have learned about, which do you find the most influential
in the homeostasis of the human body? Why?
The most important gland is the hypothalamus because it acts as the bodys controls
center, monitoring internal condition and sending signals to other glands.
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