The Endocrine System

Question 1

Hormones

Answer 1

Are synthesised in endocrine glands and secreted into the blood stream

Question 2

Levels of which hormone is controlled by a positive feedback mechanism

Answer 2

Prolactin

Question 3

Which is the most abundant hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary

Answer 3

Growth hormone

Question 4

Secretion of which hormone peaks in adolesence

Answer 4

Growth hormone

Question 5

T3 is also known as

Answer 5

Tri-iodothyrine

Question 6

Oxytocin

Answer 6

Stimulates uterine smooth muscles during childbirth

Question 7

Lutenising hormone

Answer 7

Stimulates secretion of progesterone by the corpus luteum

Question 8

Growth hormone

Answer 8

Regulates tissue metabolism

Question 9

Adrenocorticotrophic hormone

Answer 9

Stimulate the adrenal cortex to secrete glucocorticoids

Question 10

Antidiuretic hormone

Answer 10

Stimulates reabsorption of water in the kidney tubules

Question 11

Follicle stimulating hormone

Answer 11

Stimulates the production of sperm in the testes

Question 12

Prolactin

Answer 12

Stimulates milk production in the breasts

Question 13

Thyroid stimulating hormone

Answer 13

Stimulates thyroid activity

Question 14

Calcitonin

Answer 14

Has the opposite effect of parathyroid hormone

Question 15

An abnormally high metabolic rate could be associated with the functioning of the

Answer 15

Thyroid gland

Question 16

Production of milk

Answer 16

Lactation

Question 17

Antidiuretic hormone

Answer 17

Vasopressin

Question 18

Childbirth

Answer 18

Parturition

Question 19

Tingling

Answer 19

Parasthesia

Question 20

Breathless

Answer 20

Dyspnoeic

Question 21

Pregnancy

Answer 21

Gestation

Question 22

May be caused by a benign tumour of the parathyroid gland that secretes excess parathyroid hormone

Answer 22

Hyperparathroidism