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Your Endocrine System

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
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1.

The word hormone comes from the Greek word for ___

a)

"growth spurt"

b)

"to arouse activity"

c)

"secretions"

d)

"moody or miserable"

2.

Hormones are manufactured and secreted by ___

a)

the gall bladder

b)

your bone marrow

c)

the liver

d)

endocrine glands

3.

Salivary glands and sweat glands, which send secretions outside of the body, are considered ___

a)

secondary endocrine glands

b)

exocrine glands

c)

exposed glands

d)

integumentary glands

4.

The word "crines" is Greek for ___

a)

"ripen"

b)

"growth"

c)

"secretions"

d)

"arousal"

5.

Which kind of hormone signalling degrades quickly and is only received in a small region of the body?

a)

histocrine signalling

b)

exocrine signalling

c)

paracrine signalling

d)

autocrine signalling

6.

Which kind of hormone signalling sends chemical signals within a cell or from one cell to the adjacent cell?

a)

cellulocrine signalling

b)

exocrine signalling

c)

paracrine signalling

d)

autocrine signalling

7.

There's a bunch of different types of steroids, and they're derived from ___

a)

ethanol

b)

isopropanol

c)

phenol

d)

cholesterol

8.

Which type of hormone is composed of chains of amino acids?

a)

steroids

b)

peptides

c)

lipids

d)

monoamines

9.

Which hormones are water-soluble and don't dissolve in lipids?

a)

steroids and peptides

b)

steroids and monoamines

c)

peptides and monoamines

d)

steroids, peptides and monoamines

10.

Which type of hormone is able to to penetrate a cell membrane and bind with receptors in the cell's nucleus?

a)

steroids

b)

monoamines

c)

polyamines

d)

peptides

11.

Which tiny gland is considered the "master gland" because it produces hormones that control other glands?

a)

the pituitary gland

b)

the hypothalamus

c)

the thyroid

d)

the adrenal gland

12.

Which part of the brain acts as a liaison between the nervous system and the endocrine system?

a)

the hippocampas

b)

the amygdala

c)

the pineal gland

d)

the hypothalamus

13.

Which hormone, secreted by the posterior pituitary, stimulates contraction of the uterus during childbirth?

a)

oxytocin

b)

anti-diuretic hormone

c)

epinephrine

d)

insulin

14.

Which hormone, secreted by the posterior pituitary, tells the kidneys to retain water?

a)

oxytocin

b)

anti-diuretic hormone

c)

epinephrine

d)

insulin

15.

Which gland in your neck regulates your metabolism, blood pressure, and heart rate?

a)

the adrenal gland

b)

the thyroid

c)

the anterior pituitary

d)

the posterior pituitary

16.

Which glands make hormones that help the kidneys maintain the level of salt and water in your body?

a)

the adrenal glands

b)

the ovaries

c)

the pituitary glands

d)

the testes

17.

Epinephrine, which is secreted by the adrenal glands, is also known as ___

a)

insulin

b)

adrenaline

c)

glucagon

d)

estrogen

18.

Which gland is the biggest in the body and secretes hormones that regulate blood sugar?

a)

the pituitary gland

b)

the thyroid

c)

the testes

d)

the pancreas

19.

Which hormone, secreted by the pancreas, stimulates body cells to absorb glucose?

a)

insulin

b)

epinephrine

c)

oxytocin

d)

glucagon

20.

Which hormone stimulates the liver and muscles to break up glycogen and fat to release glucose?

a)

insulin

b)

epinephrine

c)

oxytocin

d)

glucagon

21.

The testes and the ovaries are together called ___

a)

the gonads

b)

the nodags

c)

the gondas

d)

the dogans

22.

The testes make androgens, the main one of these being ___

a)

epinephrine

b)

progestin

c)

estrogen

d)

testosterone

23.

Which hormones, made by the ovaries, stimulate the growth of the uterine lining?

a)

insulin and glucagon

b)

androgens and testosterone

c)

estrogens and progestins

d)

epinephrine and adrenaline

24.

Alfred Jost discovered that the default setting for mammalian embryos is ___

a)

'make it hairy'

b)

'make it hairless'

c)

'make it male'.

d)

'make it female'