Given below is the outline of the human body showing the important glands: Given below is the outline of the human body showing the important glands:
Name the glands marked 1 to 4.
Topic: Endocrine glands of the body
Answer
1 — PITUITARY GLAND 2 — THYROID GLAND 3 — PANCREAS 4 — ADRENAL GLAND
Identify each by its POSITION in the outline, working downward: PITUITARY — at the base of the BRAIN THYROID — in the NECK, in front of the trachea PANCREAS — below the STOMACH, in the loop of the duodenum ADRENAL — one on TOP OF EACH KIDNEY (which is what "ad-renal" means: upon the kidney)
The names often give the position away: ad-RENAL sits on the kidney, and the THYROID is named from the thyroid cartilage of the larynx beside which it lies.
Below these, the GONADS — testes in the male, ovaries in the female — complete the set of major endocrine glands.