Endocrine Quiz

Question 1

Which of the following pairs of hormones are secreted by the posterior pituitary gland?
- prolactin and ACTH
- follicle-stimulating hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone
- oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone
- melatonin-stimulating hormone and oxytocin
- prolactin and growth hormone

Answer 1

oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone

Question 2

Which type of anterior pituitary cell secretes human growth hormone?

Answer 2

somatotrophs

Question 3

Which of the following statements correctly compares water-soluble hormones with lipid-soluble hormones?
- A) Both types of hormone almost always cause an increase in mRNA transcription
- B) Only water-soluble hormones require a receptor
- C) Both types of hormone are carried in the blood attached to a carrier protein
- D) Only water-soluble hormones use second messengers
- E) Lipid- soluble hormones are not found in the bloodstream

Answer 3

D) only water-soluble hormones use second messengers

Question 4

What hormone has an effect that opposes the action of parathyroid hormone?

Answer 4

calcitonin

Question 5

What controls hormone release from the anterior pituitary gland?

Answer 5

hormones released from the hypothalamus

Question 6

parathyroid hormone is the major regulator of the plasma concentration of which of the following ions?

Answer 6

calcium

Question 7

what hormone is produced by pancreatic beta cells?

Answer 7

insulin

Question 8

Which of the following statements does NOT describe a step in the synthesis and secretion of T3 and T4?
- A) synthesis of calcitonin
- B) oxidation of iodide
- C) iodination of tyrosine
- D) iodide trapping
- E) coupling of T1 and T2

Answer 8

A) synthesis of calcitonin

Question 9

Which of the following glands is NOT an endocrine gland?
- A) pituitary gland
- B) sebaceous gland
- C) thyroid gland
- D) adrenal gland
- E) pineal gland

Answer 9

B) sebaceous gland

Question 10

What is a group of lipid-soluble hormones that are derived from cholesterol?

Answer 10

steroids