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Endocrine Glands Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. The master gland of the body, secreting a large number of hormones that affect other glands, growth and development. Housed within a bony cradle deep within the skull.
2. Increases heart rate and breathing rate;increases blood pressure
3. FSH (follicle stimulating hormone)
4. Hormone produced by the testes
5. Where are the adrenal glands located?
6. ..... is characterized by small body size, short extremities, lack of sexual development and mental intelligence is NORMAL.
7. Which hormone produced by the pituitary gland can effect reproductive hormones levels in the testes of men?
8. Which hormone helps create female sex characteristics?
9. Stimulates secondary sex characteristics in males and stimulates sperm production.
10. TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)
11. What is the fight or flight hormone?
12. Which gland helps respond to stress and danger?
13. Increases heart rate, breathing rate and blood pressure when you get a fright
14. Autoimmune response that attacks the pancreas so you can't make insulin.
15. A person with an abnormally low metabolic rate, who is overweight and is lacking in energy
16. Which of the following is a function of the endocrine system?
17. What adrenal hormone stimulates conversion of lipids and amino acids to glucose to increase blood glucose levels?
18. What hormone prolongs and intensifies the sympathetic response during stress by increasing heart rate and raising blood glucose?
19. Which one here reduces the amount of glucose in the blood?
20. This substance plays a role in regulating biological rhythms, and is produced by the pineal body.
21. What hormone regulates electrolyte balance and fluid homeostasis?
22. This substance plays a role in regulating circadian rhythms (sleep patterns), and is produced by the pineal body.
23. Involved in the development of immune system, including the production of White Blood Cells such as T-lymphocytes
24. The response to stress is called
25. The "master gland" is known as the .....
26. A hormone antagonist is one that has the opposite function. The hormone antagonist of insulin is .....
27. Hormone produced by the thymus
28. How do hormones travel to target cells?
29. How do the hormones get around the body?
30. A ..... is an enlargement of the thyroid gland
31. Endocrine glands secrete .....
32. Stimulates development of male and female sex organs for puberty
33. Part of the brain that links the nervous system and the endocrine system.
34. What is the relationship between the hypothalamus and the endocrine system?
35. Which of the following gland does NOT belong to the endocrine system?
36. Which disease is caused by a diet high in carbohydrates and lack of exercise?
37. Which term refers to the body's use of energy for energy and growth?
38. An endocrine gland that controls many body activities.
39. Which of the following is not a endocrine gland?
40. What hormone is responsible for the "fight or flight" response?
41. Regulates the activities of other glands
42. What hormone stimulates the adrenal gland to produce glucocorticoids?
43. The process by which an organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment.
44. What hormone increases metabolism by increasing rate of cellular oxygen use for energy production?
45. Which gland produces female reproductive hormones?
46. Which gland secretes insulin?
47. What hormone raises blood calcium levels?
48. Which hormone helps glucose get it into the cells of the body?
49. Diabetes insipidus is caused by which specific hormonal problems?
50. Which of the following Endocrine glands is not found in the Brain?
51. The hormone that lowers blood sugar is:
52. What is the main function of the endocrine system?
53. This substance plays a role in regulating circadian rhythms, and is produced by the pineal body.
54. What is a network of tissues and organs that release chemicals that control certain body functions?
55. This gland is a link between the nervous and endocrine systems and releases antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin.
56. What hormone lowers blood glucose levels?
57. What gland secretes a hormone that can cause metabolism to increase?
58. Chemical product of an Endocrine Gland.
59. Chemical messengers that signal a change in the body
60. This hormone plays a role in regulating metabolism.
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