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Identifying the Steps in the Endocrine Pathway

In the previous video, the endocrine system works in a series of steps to regulate a system or particular condition (in this example, glucose levels in the bloodstream).  The numbered images below all represent different stages in the regulatory pathway, but they are not necessarily in order.  In the question that follows, you must put the diagrams in order from beginning to end.  

1.        ​2.      

3.        4.  

5.         6.

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

In the space below, write the correct number order of the steps of hormone regulation in the bloodstream.  Remember that the pictures are NOT in the correct numerical order, so your answer may start with step 4 (or step 6, step 3, etc). 

Now that you have identified the correct order of the regulatory sequence, you must explain what is happening in each step.  

Make sure you are referring to the correct order of the actual process, not the numerical steps pictured above!

An example answer would start like this: 

In step 1 of the endocrine pathway (picture # ____ above), the gland___________________. 

In step 2 of the pathway (picture # _____), ______________.

etc.  

Notes

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