Endocrine System

A) True or B) False: The endocrine glands that secrete their hormones directly into the bloodstream.

A) True or B) False: The pineal glands produces the hormone melatonin.

A) True or B) False: The adrenal glands are embedded in the posterior surface of the thyroid gland.

The condition caused by excessive secretion of the growth hormone after childhood and characterized by enlarged face, hands, and feet is known as _______.

• gigantism

• acromegaly

• dwarfism

• cretinism

A condition due to hypothyroidism in young children in which the child is mentally retarded and does not grow to normal stature is known as _______.

• gigantism

• acromegaly

• dwarfism

• cretinism

Too little growth hormone secreted before puberty, as a result of abnormal development of the pituitary gland, results in a condition known as ______.

• gigantism

• acromegaly

• dwarfism

• cretinism

A common condition of the endocrine system in which the pancreas fails to produce enough insulin, resulting in chronic elevations of glucose in the blood, is known as _____.

• diabetes insipidus

• diabetes mellitus

• Crohn's disease

• Addison's disease

The hormone that stimulates development of the follicles in the ovaries is ________.

• follicle-stimulating hormone

• luteinizing hormone

• serotonin

• lactogenic hormone

A lack of or low level of thyroid hormones is called ________.

• hyperthyroidism

• hypokalemia

• hypothyroidism

• hyperkalemia

A disease caused by overproduction of thyroid hormone, often associated with an enlarged thyroid gland or goiter and bulging eyeballs, is known as _______.

• Cushing's syndrome

• Graves' disease

• Crohn's disease

• Addison's disease