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How are hormoes classified?

A. Source, pathway, mechanical structure
B. Action, source, chemical structure
C. Source, action, mechanical structure

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B. Action, source, chemical structure

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How is hormone release regulated?

A. Negative feedback
B. Positive feedback
C. Hypothalamus
D. Both A and B

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D. Both A and B

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How do hormones exert action?

A. Interacting with neurons
B. Interacting with chemical stimuli found in glands and tissues
C. Interacting with target cells on glands and tissues

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C. Interacting with target cells on glands and tissues

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What do the liver and kindeys do with hormones?

A. Liver metabolizes; kidneys regulate
B. Liver metabolizes; kidneys secrete
C. Liver secretes; kidneys metabolize

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B. Liver metabolizes; kidneys secrete

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What type of hormones compose steroids?

A. Androgens
B. Insulin or growth hormone
C. Epinephrine
D. Prostaglandins

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A. Androgens

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Which type of hormones compose proteins or polypeptides?

A. Androgens
B. Insulin or growth hormone
C. Epinephrine
D. Prostaglandins

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B. Insulin or growth hormone

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Which type of hormones compose amines and amino acids?

A. Androgens
B. Insulin or growth hormone
C. Epinephrine
D. Prostaglandins

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C. Epinephrine

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Which type of hormones compose fatty acid derivatives?

A. Androgens
B. Insulin or growth hormone
C. Epinephrine
D. Prostaglandins

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D. Prostaglandins

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Which hormones does the posterior pituitary gland secrete?

A. TSH, ACTH, PRL, GH, FSH, LH
B. ADH, oxytocin

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B. ADH, oxytocin

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Which of the following does the hypothalamus do?

A. Regulates hormone release
B. Regulates thyroid gland
C. Regulates pituitary gland

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C. Regulates pituitary gland

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Which of the following describes the way in which the hypothalamus regulates hormones?

A. Regulates the hormones produced by the anterior pituitary gland; Brain controls the posterior pituitary gland

B. Regulates the hormones produced by the posterior pituitary gland; Brain controls the anterior pituitary gland.

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A. Regulates the hormones produced by the anterior pituitary gland; Brain controls the posterior pituitary gland

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Which of the following correctly describes the exocrine and endocrine functions of the pancreas?

A. Exocine: into the ducts; Endocrine: into the blood
B. Endocrine into the ducts; Exocrine: into the blood

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A. Exocine: into the ducts; Endocrine: into the blood

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How are endocrine functions carried out?

A. There is not enough research to understand this yet
B. Islets of Langerhans
C. Beta cells

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B. Islets of Langerhans

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Which of the following desribes the function of beta cells correctly?

A. Secrete insulin when serum glucose levels increase and amylin to enhance insulin
B. Secrete somatostatin, which regulates insulin and glucagon
C. Secrete a pancreatic polypeptide whihc helps with other pancreatic activities
D. Secrete glucagon when serum glucose levels fall

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A. Secrete insulin when serum glucose levels increase and amylin to enhance insulin

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What do beta cells secrete?

A. Glucagon
B. Somatostatin
C. Ghrelin
D. Insulin

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D. Insulin

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Which of the following develops when beta cells are destroyed?

A. Type 2 diabetes mellitus
B. Type 1 diabetes mellitus
C. Gestational diabetes
D. Diabetes insipidus

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B. Type 1 diabetes mellitus

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What is required to synthesize hormones?

A. B12
B. Vitamin D
C. Iodine
D. PTH

18
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What percentage of thyroid hormones do T3 and T4 account for?

A. 70%
B. 85%
C. 90%
D. 95%

18
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What is T4?

A. Triiodothyronine
B. Thyrocalcitonin
C. Thyroxine

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C. Thyroxine
T3= Triiodothyronine

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What stimulates the production of T3 and T4?

A. TSH
B. PTH
D. ANTH

20
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Which of the following increases serum calcium levels?

A. PTH
B. TSH
C. ATH
D. LH

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Where are epinephrine and norepinephrine produced?

A. In the cortex of adrenal glands
B. In the medulla of adrenal glands
C. In the glomerulus
D. Loop of Henle

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B. In the medulla of adrenal glands

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Where are mineralocortiocids (aldosterone), glucocorticoids ( cortisol), and gonadocorticoids (sex hormones) produces?

A. In the cortex of adrenal glands
B. In the medulla of adrenal glands
C. In the glomerulus
D. Loop of Henle

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A. In the cortex of adrenal glands

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