2025 Endocrine, Lymph and Immunity Test

Are chemicals that travel in the blood and cause changes in different parts of the body

• Hormones
• Glands
• Parathyroid 
• Adrenal Gland 

When you eat a burger , your body produces insulin to control blood sugar . What type of feedback is that

• Positive feedback

• Negative Feedback

• None

• Both

Insulin is a hormone produced by the ___________________.

• liver

• bladder

• pancreas

• heart

Which gland is responsible for regulating metabolism?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• none of the above

What is the main function of the endocrine system?

• It creates chemicals, or hormones, that are sent around the body to maintain homeostasis.

• It creates electrical messages that are sent around the body to maintain homeostasis.

• It maintains the correct level of oxygen in the body to maintain homeostasis.

• All of above

Hormones from this gland control other endocrine glands

• Pituitary

• Thymus

• Hypothalamus

• Pancreas

This gland is located between the lungs behind the sternum and secretes thymosin that helps mature WBC's in our bodies when we are children. 

• thyroid
• parathyroid
• thymus
• brain stem

What structure(s) shown in the picture above the kidneys?

• Thyroids

• Adrenal glands

• Testes

• Parathyroids

The two types of feedback systems that help organisms maintain homeostasis are:

• positive and negative 
• receptor and effector
• static and dynamic
• minor and major

Which hormone reduces blood calcium levels?

• glucagon

• calcitonin

• adrenocorticotropic hormone

• oxytocin