III. Fill in the table with the following words from the active vocabulary

nouns

verbs

adjectives

adverbs

IV. Form the new words using the following suffixes & translate them

less: duct; help; blood; bone; use;

tion: secrete; situate; produce; contract; prepare; regulate; direct;

ment: develop; govern; treat.

V. Read & translate the following word combinations

to affect: to affect various organs; to affect the brain; to affect the thyroid;

amount: amount of calcium; amount of phosphate; amount of insulin;

beneath: beneath the brain; beneath the cortex; beneath the medulla;

to encourage: to encourage the flow of milk; to encourage the contraction of the uterus; to encourage the hormone production;

to involve: the burn involves the knee joint; steroids are involved in metabolizing of sugars; they are involved in balancing of body water content;

network: the network of ductless body organs; the network of glands;

maintain: prolactin maintains milk production; to maintain the use of nutrients; to maintain the blood glucose levels.

VI. Match the following words to the definitions

cortex	to produce an effect upon
duct	a product of living cells that circulates fluids & produces a specific effect on the activity of different organs
hormone	the outer part of an organ or body structure
medulla	a bodily tube or vessel especially when carrying the secretion of a gland
rate	amount or degree of something measured per unit of something else
to affect	the inner or deep part of an organ or structure

VII. Match the synonyms

posterior to help to maintain to trigger to store cortex medulla to prepare response to make anterior

front answer to cause to keep outer to get ready inner to assist to produce to support back

VIII. Match the antonyms

mature beneath anterior outer upper to raise female

male posterior inner lower to decrease over immature

IX. Answer the questions

What is the function of the endocrine system?

What glands make up the endocrine system?

What hormones does the pituitary produce?

What is melatonin responsible for?

What do adrenaline and noradrenaline prepare the body for?

Where does the thyroid gland lie?

What do the parathyroid glands regulate?

What is the amount of glucose in the blood governed by?

What do the sex glands control?

What does endocrinology study?

X. Open the brackets using the Active or Passive Voice

The endocrine system (to be) a network of ductless glands.

The front lobe (to produce) a group of tropic hormones.

These hormones (to carry) to other endocrine glands.

Prolactin (to maintain) milk production.

The pineal gland (to secrete) melatonin.

The adrenal glands (to divide) into a cortex and medulla region.

Steroids (to involve) in the metabolizing of sugars and proteins.

The amount of glucose in the blood (to govern) by cells in the pancreas.

Glucagon (to raise) blood glucose levels, and insulin (to decrease) them.

The endocrine cells of the pancreas (to cluster) in small masses and (to make) two hormones: glucagon and insulin.