WorksheetsChapter 14 Endocrine System
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the 'master gland' responsible for regulating many body activities, as well as stimulating other glands in the body to secrete their hormones?
a)
pancreas
b)
pituitary gland
c)
parathyroid
d)
ovaries
2.
What is the elongated organ located just below the stomach in back of the abdomen that secretes insulin and glucagon?
a)
pancreas
b)
thyroid
c)
pituitary
d)
parathyroid
3.
Which are the 4 separate glands that are located on the posterior (back) of the thyroid gland which secretes parathyroid hormone which regulates calcium balance?
a)
pineal gland
b)
adrenal glands
c)
parathyroid glands
d)
ovaries
4.
What is the gland, shaped like a pine cone, located in the brain that is believed to secrete the hormone melatonin?
a)
pancreas
b)
adrenal glands
c)
thyroid gland
d)
pineal gland
5.
What are the 2 small glands that function in the female reproductive system and secrete the female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone?
a)
adrenal glands
b)
ovaries
c)
parathyroid glands
d)
pineal gland
6.
What is the gland that functions in the male reproductive system that secretes testosterone and produces sperm?
a)
adrenal glands
b)
pituitary
c)
testes
d)
thyroid
7.
What thyroid disorder is caused by a hypersecretion of the thyroid hormones T3 and T4?
a)
Graves disease
b)
myxedema (hypothyroid)
c)
gestational diabetes
d)
diabetes mellitus Type I
8.
Identify what pancreatic disorder happens when the pancreas stops producing insulin:
a)
Type II diabetes
b)
hypothyroid
c)
Type I diabetes
d)
gestational diabetes
9.
Identify what pancreatic disorder is a result of the body being resistant to insulin:
a)
hypothyroid
b)
Type II diabetes
c)
Graves disease
d)
Type I diabetes
10.
What pancreatic hormone is responsible for lowering blood glucose?
a)
cortisol
b)
glucagon
c)
insulin
d)
estrogen
11.
The endocrine system is responsible for keeping the body in a state of equilibrium called _________________.
a)
hyposecretion
b)
homeostasis
c)
hypersecretion
d)
metabolism
12.
Which glands are responsible for regulating your body's calcium levels?
a)
pituitary/pineal
b)
ovaries/testes
c)
thyroid/parathyroid
d)
adrenal glands
13.
What type of diabetes is usually diagnosed in children or young adults under age 20?
a)
Type II diabetes
b)
Type I diabetes
c)
gestational diabetes
d)
pre-diabetes
14.
The classic symptoms of polyphagia, polyuria and polydipsia are seen in what endocrine system disorder?
a)
Addisons disease
b)
Diabetes
c)
hypothyroid disorder
d)
Graves disease
15.
If a patient has an abnormal blood condition of low potassium, what is that called?
a)
hyperkalemia
b)
hypercalcemia
c)
hypokalemia
d)
hypovolemia
16.
Diabetes is a disease that has excessive glucose in the blood; Which term refers to that?
a)
hyperglycemia
b)
glucosuria
c)
glucogenesis
d)
hypoglycemia
17.
If a patient takes too much insulin, what blood condition would likely occur?
a)
hypercalcemia
b)
hypoglycemia
c)
hyperglycemia
d)
hypokalcmia
18.
What type of medication would someone with Type II diabetes likely be prescribed?
a)
antidiuretics
b)
oral hypoglycemics
c)
corticosteriods
d)
growth hormone replacements
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