Endocrine System

Question 1

This hormone lowers blood calcium levels

Answer 1

calcitonin

Question 2

The other name for thyroid stimulating hormone

Answer 2

thyrotropin

Question 3

The bigger the hormone is, the shorter its effect.

Answer 3

false

Question 4

What serves as the chemical messenger of the endocrine system?

Answer 4

hormones

Question 5

Aside from the melanocyte stimulating hormone, what other hormone can bind to melanocytes?

Answer 5

adrenocorticotropic hormone

Question 6

This pattern of hormone secretion is defined as a hormone that rapidly increases in the blood for
a short time in response to a specific stimulus

Answer 6

acute hormone secretion

Question 7

This is a general term for a hormone that stimulates the release of another hormone

Answer 7

tropic hormone

Question 8

The specific part of the sphenoid bone where the pituitary gland is located

Answer 8

sella turcica

Question 9

This the target cell protein where hormones bind.

Answer 9

receptors

Question 10

This structure connects the two lobes of the thyroid gland

Answer 10

isthmus