Global MCQ Practice

🌐 Total MCQ
🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books

Endocrine Glands Quiz 2 (60 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. What gland is known as the the master gland?
2. The pituitary gland is most similar to:
3. Estrogen & Progesterone
4. What hormone stimulates the thyroid gland?
5. A deficiency of growth hormone during adulthood.
6. When might your body release adrenaline?
7. The thyroid gland enlarges, and the patient becomes nervous, has an intolerance to heat, loses weight, sweats and may have diarrhea, tremors and palpitations.
8. What hormone stimulates uterine contraction during childbirth and releases milk in nursing mothers?
9. Iodine is added to table salt to help prevent deficiencies of an essential mineral needed for the proper function of the .....
10. Which of the following glands is essential for metabolism and energy?
11. This hormone regulates water concentration.
12. The adrenal glands release adrenaline to help the body regulate .....
13. The secretion of parathyroid hormone is controlled primarily by the
14. The gland that controls regulation of metabolic rate is the:
15. What are chemicals that travel in the blood and cause changes in different parts of the body?
16. What gland is involved in both digestion and the endocrine system?
17. What is the fight or flight hormone which is produced by the adrenals?
18. Responsible for female sexual development and the menstrual cycle
19. Structure of the Endocrine System which produces and releases hormones.
20. Insufficient production during childhood results in dwarfism, while overproduction results in gigantism.
21. Which of the following has both endocrine and exocrine functions?
22. Which hormone regulates water balance by reducing the amount of water leaving the body
23. Stores calcium in bones when calcium levels are high
24. What does melatonin do?
25. Which type of hormone cannot enter the cell it acts upon, but rather joins a complex on the cell membrane?
26. Targets the brain and make people sleepy when its dark
27. What anterior pituitary hormone stimulates the adrenal glands?
28. What pancreatic hormone increase blood glucose levels?
29. Hypersecretion of cortisol, often due to adrenal tumor, can lead to "moon face" feature and "buffalo hump" . Elevated blood sugar is another sign.
30. Reverses the effects of the stimulus
31. What gland secretes thyroxin causing metabolism to increase?
32. Glucose levels in the blood are controlled by the:
33. Parathyroid hormone
34. Thymosins are secreted by
35. For the endocrine system, The relatively constant internal environment of the body is maintained by
36. What hormone increases the amount of water absorbed by the kidneys thereby decreasing urine amount?
37. When comparing the Endocrine and Nervous System which of the following is a difference between the two?
38. What pituitary hormone stimulates growth of all organs?
39. Which gland regulates the immune system; helps fight disease?
40. A disease by which people cannot control sugar levels in the blood
41. Which structure within the brain controls the pituitary gland?
42. This gland is largest in young children and shrinks with age.
43. The gland that stimulates secondary sex characteristics in females.
44. What gland found in the brain produces melatonin?
45. Which gland secretes the thymosin hormone that helps in the development of the immune system?
46. Oxytocin is sometimes administered to women to
47. What gland is also considered to be a part of the nervous system?
48. The hormones of the ..... play a role in regulating metabolism.
49. Targets bone and muscle to promote growth and development
50. The secretions from endocrine glands are called ..... These are complex chemicals that influence actions at distant sites and control body functions.
51. Endocrine glands differ from exocrine glands in that
52. An autoimmune disorder of the thyroid, leading to the overproduction of hormones. Symptoms include enlarged thyroid, protrusion of eyes, lumpy reddish skin on lower legs, and fatigue.
53. Which one of the following hormones secreted by the thyroid increases the rate at which cells release energy?
54. Hyposecretion of cortisol, autoimmune disease of the adrenal glands, leads to anxiety, nausea, muscle weakness, changes in mood, among other things.
55. Which of the following pituitary hormones regulate fluid balance?
56. Which type of hormone has a specific location that it acts upon?
57. Which of the following has both endocrine and exocrine functions (it is a "mixed" gland)?
58. Which hormone helps regulate a woman's menstrual cycle?
59. This disorder is caused by abnormal insulin receptors usually due to too much carbs in your diet over long term
60. Which hormone helps get calcium from the blood into bone for storage or strength?
🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books