11.1 Introduction
1. Describe the secretions of the endocrine system.
2. Distinguish between paracrine and autocrine secretions.
3. Distinguish between endocrine and exocrine glands.

11.2 General Characteristics of the Endocrine System
4. Explain how the nervous and endocrine systems are alike and how they are different.
5. Describe the source of specificity of the endocrine system.
6. Name some functions of hormones.

11.3 Hormone Action
7. Explain how steroid and nonsteroid hormones affect target cells.

11.4 Control of Hormonal Secretions
8. Discuss how negative feedback mechanisms regulate hormonal secretions.
9. Explain how the nervous system controls secretion.

11.5–11.10 Pituitary Gland–Other Endocrine Glands
10. Name and describe the locations of the major endocrine glands, and list the hormones they secrete.
11. Describe the functions of the hormones that endocrine glands secrete.
12. Explain how the secretion of each hormone is regulated.

11.11 Stress and Health
13. Describe how the body responds to stress.