ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

Question 1

NUERO/O

Answer 1

NERVE

Question 2

ANDR/O

Answer 2

MALE, MALENESS

Question 3

EXO-

Answer 3

OUT,AWAY FROM

Question 4

-CRINE

Answer 4

TO SECRETE

Question 5

ENDO-

Answer 5

IN, WITHIN

Question 6

-PHYSIS

Answer 6

TO GROW

Question 7

GLUC/O

Answer 7

SUGAR

Question 8

ADREN/O

Answer 8

GLAND

Question 9

Which of the following is a function of progesterone?

Answer 9

Causes the uterine lining to thicken in preparation for pregnancy

Question 10

Which of the following raises blood glucose levels?

Answer 10

Glucagon

Question 11

Which of the following regulates blood volume and the concentration of electrolytes in the blood?

Answer 11

Mineralocorticoids

Question 12

Which of the following reduces the calcium level in the body?

Answer 12

CALCITONIN

Question 13

Which of the following glands have ducts that empty their secretions onto a surface?

Answer 13

EXOCRINE GLANDS

Question 14

Where are the adrenal glands located?

Answer 14

above the kidney

Question 15

What would happen if insulin were given orally?

Answer 15

It would be inactivated by digestive enzymes in the stomach

Question 16

What secretes insulin?

Answer 16

Beta cells of pancreas

Question 17

What function of testosterone (beginning at puberty)?

Answer 17

-Growth and development of the male reproductive structures,
Increased skeletal and muscular growth,
-Voice changes, Growth and distribution of body hair

Question 18

What is the name of a tissue that had receptor sites for a particular hormone?

Answer 18

TARGET TISSUE

Question 19

What hormone regulates the sleep/wake cycle?

Answer 19

melatonin

Question 20

What hormones make up thyroid hormone?

Answer 20

Thyroxine and Triiodothyronine

Question 21

What condition results when there is a lack of iodine in the body?

Answer 21

goiter

Question 22

What condition results when there is not enough antidiuretic hormone secreted by the body?

Answer 22

Diabetes insipidus

Question 23

The thyroid gland consists of two lobes which are located on either side of the

Answer 23

TRACHEA

Question 24

The sex hormones are made up of

Answer 24

steroids

Question 25

The parathyroid glands are located

Answer 25

On the posterior surface of thyroid glands

Question 26

In an adult, an excess secretion of growth hormone can cause

Answer 26

ACROMEGALY

Question 27

Epinephrine and norepinephrine exert all of the folk actions except

Answer 27

Increases digestive activity

Question 28

All of the following area characteristics of insulin except

Answer 28

Serves as a primary source of energy for the nervous system

Question 29

All of the following are characteristics of cortisol except

Answer 29

Stimulates growth of bone and muscles

Question 30

All of the following are produced by the anterior pituitary gland except

Answer 30

oxytocin

Question 31

All of the following are examples of exocrine glands except

Answer 31

pineal gland

Question 32

A commercial preparation of oxytocin is

Answer 32

pitoci