Exercise 4

Learn about Endocrine System Physiology by completing the following lab simulation.

Download and open the lab instruction worksheet (PDF format) for this experiment.
Watch the BMR Measurement video.
Complete the PhysioEx™ Lab Experiments:
Review what you've learned by downloading and completing the review sheet (PDF or RTF format) or taking the multiple-choice quiz.

Objectives:

To define the following: metabolism, hormone replacement therapy, diabetes type I, diabetes type II, and glucose standard curve.
To explain the role of thyroxine in maintaining an animal's metabolic rate.
To explain the effects of thyroid-stimulating hormone on an animal's metabolic rate.
To understand how estrogen affects uterine tissue growth.
To explain now hormone replacement therapy works.
To explain why insulin is important, and how it can be used to treat diabetes.