Endocrine System Quiz

True or False: Ancient Chinese healers used seeds derived from a flowering plant to extract pituitary hormones from patients.

• true
• false

True or False: Plants have their own endocrine system in which they produce hormones.

• true
• false

What can cause your endocrine system to kick into high gear?

• drugs
• pooping
• stress
• sleep

Which animal was used for early endocrine research?

• Marissa
• Chickens
• Elephants
• Dogs

Which disgusting way of diagnosing diabetes was used around 460-337 B.C.?

• tasting urine
• putting urine in milk
• tasting rusted metal
• being friends with marissa

What two other systems does the endocrine system have relationships with (that we named)?

• nervous & digestive
• muscular & skeletal
• lymphatic & circulatory
• integumentary & respiratory

Which gland is called the “Master Gland”?

• Pineal
• Pituitary
• Thyroid 
• Hannah is the master Gland

The hormones regulating blood calcium levels are?

• insulin and glucagon
• glycogen and parathyroid hormone 
• parathyroid hormone and calcitonin
• estrogen and progesterone

The gland which can be classified as an endocrine and an exocrine gland is the?

• thyroid
• thymus
• pancreas
• All glands

Which of the following hormones are responsible for the "fight-or-flight" response?

• epinephrine and norepinephrine
• insulin and glucagon
• estrogen and progesterone
• thyroxin and melatonin