Quiz #1

Question 1

endocrine glands

Answer 1

produce hormones; lack ducts

Question 2

exocrine glands

Answer 2

produce nonhormonal substances (sweat, saliva); have ducts

Question 3

autocrine

Answer 3

chemicals that exert effects on the same cells that secrete them

Question 4

paracrines

Answer 4

locally acting chemicals that affect cells other than those that secrete them

Question 5

two main classes of hormones

Answer 5

amino acid-based hormones, steroids

Question 6

amino acid-based hormones

Answer 6

amino acid derivatives, peptides, and proteins

Question 7

steroids

Answer 7

synthesized from cholesterol; gonadal and adrenocortical hormones

Question 8

Humoral stimuli

Answer 8

changing blood levels of ions and nutrients directly stimulate secretion of hormones

Question 9

Neural stimuli

Answer 9

hormone release caused by neural input

Question 10

hormonal stimuli

Answer 10

hormones stimulate other endocrine organs to release their hormones

Question 11

endocrinology

Answer 11

study of hormones and endocrine organs