Practice Exam Questions

Question 1

Green Substance Digestive Tract

Answer 1

meconium: discarded cells of the GI tract not proof of digestion, the mother provides all nutrients and oxygen and disposes of fetal waste

Question 2

Exocrine

Answer 2

A gland whose secretion is discharged through a duct onto surface or into a cavity

Question 3

Partoid Gland

Answer 3

Exocrine: secretes amylase to digest starches

Question 4

Mandibular Gland

Answer 4

Exocrine: Secretes salivary enzymes and mucous to aid in swallowing the bolus

Question 5

Liver

Answer 5

Exocrine: hepatocytes secrete bile

Question 6

Testes, Seminal vesicles, prostate gland, bulbourethral glands

Answer 6

Exocrine: Seminiferous tubules: secrete sperm, all structures listed aid in producing seminal fluid (Exocrine)
Endocrine: secretion of testosterone

Question 7

Ovaries

Answer 7

Exocrine: Ova (eggs) released into the ovarian bursa and travel through the uterine tube (exocrine)
Endocrine: estrogen and progesterone released into the blood (endocrine)

Question 8

Endocrine only Glands

Answer 8

thyroid gland and adrenal gland

Question 9

Pancreas

Answer 9

Acinar Cells: Exocrine secretion of digestive enxymes

Islet of Langerhans: Endocrine release of 3 hormones

Question 10

Endocrine

Answer 10

a gland that release hormones directly into the blood