Endocrine System Voc Quiz

What are exocrine glands?

• Glands that empty their normal products directly into the blood

• Glands that have ducts which their secretions are carried to a body surface

• Hormone producing glands located superior to the kidneys

• Glands that result in dwarfism when malfunctioning

What is the role of hormones in the body?

• To serve as a specific group of chemical substances including certain hormones and cholesterol

• To act as chemical messengers secreted by endocrine glands, responsible for specific regulatory effects on certain cells, tissues or organs

• To enlarge the thyroid gland in a benign manner

• To derive from fatty acid molecules

What are steroids?

• A benign enlargement of the thyroid gland

• Male sex hormones

• A specific group of chemical substances including certain hormones and cholesterol

• Hormones that stimulate female secondary sex characteristics

What is the scientific study of hormones and endocrine organs known as?

• Endocrinology

• Prostaglandins

• Myxedema

• Cretinism

What is cretinism?

• A hormone derived from fatty acid molecules

• A benign enlargement of the thyroid gland

• Results in dwarfism, which adult body proportions remain childlike

• Hypothyroidism occurring in adults that results in both physical and mental sluggishness

What does the term "Hormonal Stimuli" refer to?

• The region of the diencephalon forming the floor of the third ventricle of the brain

• The condition of acidosis

• Endocrine organs being prodded into action by other hormones

• The female sex organ in which ova (eggs) are produced

What are "Humoral Stimuli"?

• Changing blood levels of certain ions and nutrients that stimulate hormone release

• Nerve fibers that stimulate hormone release

• The neuroendocrine gland located beneath the brain

• Hormones that stimulate their target organs to secrete their hormones

Which gland is referred to as the neuroendocrine gland located beneath the brain that serves a variety of functions including regulation of the gonads, thyroid, adrenal cortex, water balance, and lactation?

• Hypothalamus

• Pineal Gland

• Pituitary Gland

• Thymus

What is the function of Tropic Hormones?

• They stimulate hormone release in response to nerve fibers

• They stimulate their target organs to secrete their hormones, which in turn exert their efforts on other body organs and tissues

• They are produced by the pancreas to regulate blood sugar levels

• They trigger sleep

Where is the pancreas located?

• In the upper thorax, posterior to the sternum

• Gland posterior to the stomach, between the spleen and the duodenum

• Beneath the brain, serving a variety of functions

• In the female body where ova are produced