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Question 1

Adrenal androgens

Answer 1

-Stimulate the development of male sexual characteristics

Question 2

Which of the following is a mechanism that helps maintain fairly constant levels of certain hormones in the blood?

Answer 2

-Hormones are associated with binding proteins.

Question 3

A patient presents with poor appetite, weakness, and fatigue. His lab blood work shows normal thyroid and adrenal levels, normal calcium and glucose, high sodium. His urinalysis demonstrates a larger than normal volume of very dilute urine. What is a possible diagnosis?

Answer 3

-Diabetes Mellitus

Question 4

Ted was playing softball with several of his friends when a line drive hit him in the chest. Which gland of the body could possibly be damaged from this type of injury

Answer 4

-Thymus

Question 5

A patient has had both adrenal glands removed. Which hormone is necessary to replace for the patient to be able to deal with long-term stress?

Answer 5

-Epinephrine

Question 6

Releasing and inhibiting hormones that control anterior pituitary hormone secretion are produced by the ____

Answer 6

-Hypothalamus

Question 7

Which of the ff is INCORRECTLY paired with its location or function?

Answer 7

-Thyroid hormones - regulation of metabolic rate in the body

Question 8

Match the following structures with the correct hormone or hormone precursor.

Answer 8

• Parafollicular cells release calcitonin.
• Colloid cells release thyroglobulin.
• Parathyroid cells release parathyroid hormone.
• Follicular cells release thyroid hormones.

Question 9

The principle hormones produced by the thyroid gland are.

Answer 9

-T3 and T4

Question 10

When insulin is administered in excess, blood glucose level __________, producing early signs of hypoglycemia, which, if left untreated, results in a dangerous state called insulin shock.

Answer 10

-Decreases

Question 11

Match the following hormones with the cell type from which it is secreted.

Answer 11

-Glucagon is secreted from alpha cells, insulin from beta cells, and somatostatin from delta cells of the pancreas

Question 12

Sara is a 67-year-old grandmother who has recently experienced an ankle fracture. She was surprised when her doctor told her that the fracture was due to age-related changes in her endocrine system that resulted in lower levels of calcium in her bones. What change in her endocrine system would have this result?

Answer 12

• Adrenal Gland,
• Pituitary Gland,
• Salivary Gland,
• Pituitary
• Thyroid Gland

Question 13

The regulation of blood glucose is a typical example of negative feedback. Insulin and glucagon work together to maintain blood glucose levels in a narrow range. The function of glucagon is to increase blood glucose. What is the stimulus for glucagon secretion?

Answer 13

-Low Blood Glucose Level

Question 14

Hormones are.

Answer 14

-Chemicals released directly into the blood stream.

Question 15

Which of the following is the primary effect of the thyroid hormones T3 and T4?

Answer 15

-Promote heat-generating (metabolic) reactions

Question 16

The ________ secretes a hormone that increases the body’s metabolic rate, promotes alertness and quickens reflexes, and stimulates the fetal nervous system

Answer 16

-Thyroid Gland

Question 17

Which of the following are considered to be endocrine glands? Select all that apply.

Answer 17

• Adrenal Gland,
• Pituitary Gland,
• Salivary Gland,
• Pituitary
• Thyroid Gland

Question 18

When testing insulin levels on swimming fish, hyperglycemia results in

Answer 18

-Fast, darting movements