Endocrine System (AP)

Question 1

A mechanism that includes the monitoring for specific homeostatic levels and a signal to a gland. This signal stimulates or inhibits the gland’s secretion in order to maintain homeostasis or cause compensations that returns the level to homeostasis

Answer 1

Negative feedback

Question 2

The gland in the neck that secretes hormones that regulate growth, development, and metabolic rate

Answer 2

thyroid

Question 3

An endocrine gland in the neck that produces parathyroid hormone

Answer 3

Parathyroid

Question 4

The lymphoid organ that produces T-cells

Answer 4

Thymus

Question 4

A gland above the kidney that produces hormones to regulate heart rate, blood pressure, and other functions

Answer 4

adrenal

Question 5

The gland of the digestive and endocrine systems that produces insulin and secretes pancreatic juices

Answer 5

Pancreas

Question 6

A small gland near the center of the brain that secretes melatonin

Answer 6

Pineal Gland

Question 7

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Question 8

The monomers used to build polysaccharides; also molecules made of two or a few monosaccharide units that are used for fuel in the body

Answer 8

Sugars

Question 9

A gland that secretes hormones. A duct-less gland

Answer 9

endocrine gland

Question 10

A polar, water-soluble hormone released by the adrenals in response to stress. Also known as adrenaline

Answer 10

epinephrine

Question 11

Pathologically high blood sugar levels that result from a pancreatic hormone regulation malfunction

Answer 11

Diabetes

Question 12

A malfunction of regulatory feedback loops leading to the overproduction of thyroid hormone

Answer 12

hyperthyroidism

Question 13

Excessive growth resulting from overproduction of growth hormone

Answer 13

Gigantism

Question 14

A secretion of the anterior pituitary that stimulates tissue growth. Also known as somatotropin

Answer 14

growth hormone

Question 15

A secretion from the pituitary gland that increases the amount of water able to be reabsorbed from a collecting duct

Answer 15

antidiuretic hormone

Question 16

A mechanism that stimulates glandular secretions to continue to increase, temporarily pushing levels further out of homeostasis, until a particular biological effect is reached (e.g., expulsion of the fetus during childbirth)

Answer 16

Positive Feedback

Question 17

Chemical messengers that stimulate the production of certain hormones

Answer 17

releasing hormones

Question 18

Chemical messengers that restrict the production of certain hormones

Answer 18

inhibiting hormones

Question 19

Which of the following best describes the kind of message sent in the endocrine system?​​​​​​​

Answer 19

Chemical signals that travel through the bloodstream

Question 20

Which of the following structures secretes releasing hormones?​​​​​​​

Answer 20

The hypothalamus integrates the endocrine and nervous system. It secretes both releasing and inhibiting hormones, which are sent to the pituitary gland.

Question 21

Which of the following is a function of the pineal gland?​​​​​​​

Answer 21

Releasing melatonin

Question 22

Which of the following glands releases epinephrine during stress?​​​​​​​

Answer 22

Adrenal glands

Question 23

In three to five sentences, explain what happens to the levels of blood glucose and hormones after eating.​​​​​​​

Answer 23

After eating food, blood glucose levels rise. The pancreas responds by releasing insulin, which promotes glucose being taken up by cells. This leads to a decrease in blood glucose level because glucose leaves the bloodstream.