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ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Not a category of water-soluble hormones:

a)

Steroid

b)

Protein

c)

Peptides

2.

What does the endocrine system do?

a)

Senses the hormone levels in the blood

b)

Controls all other endocrine glands

3.

The primary role of the parathyroid gland is:

a)

To maintain metabolic homeostasis

b)

To regulate serum calcium levels

4.

The release of insulin from the pancreas is triggered by a rise in blood glucose levels. This hormone-production pathway is triggered by:

a)

Hormonal stimuli

b)

Humoral stimuli

c)

Neural stimuli

d)

Negative stimuli

5.

The hormone concentration in the blood is influenced by:

a)

Production of receptor antagonist

b)

Indirect growth-promoting effects

c)

Nutritional signals to the endocrine gland

d)

Positive and negative feedback loops

6.

What types of cells can be found in the parathyroid gland?

a)

Alpha and beta cells

b)

Chiefcells and oxyphil

c)

Parafollicular and follicle cells

d)

Pituicytes and basophil cells

7.

Which type of epithelium is found in thyroid follicles?

a)

Squamous

b)

Cuboidal

c)

Transitional

d)

Columnar

8.

Which of the following hormones is not produced by the anterior pituitary?

a)

Oxytocin

b)

Growth hormone

c)

Prolactin

d)

Thyroid-stimulating hormone

9.

During development phase of endocrine system, the pituitary gland, adrenal medulla, and pineal gland are developed from

a)

Ectoderm

b)

Endoderm

c)

Mesoderm

10.

The class of adrenal gland hormones that provides resistance to stress, produces anti-inflammatory effects, and promotes normal metabolism to ensure adequate quantities of ATP is

a)

Catecholamine

b)

Androgens

c)

Glucocorticoids

d)

Mineralocorticoids

11.

The condition of Cushing’s syndrome is characterized by breakdown of muscle proteins and redistribution of body fat. What may produce this condition?

a)

Hyposecretion of cortisol by the adrenal cortex

b)

Hypersecretion of cortisol by the adrenal cortex

c)

Hyposecretion of glucocorticoids and aldosterone

d)

Hypersecretion of human growth hormone during childhood

12.

Melatonin is secreted by

a)

Pineal gland

b)

Skin

c)

Pituitary gland

d)

Thyroid

13.

Pinealocytes cells occurs in

a)

Pituitary body

b)

Pineal gland

c)

Adrenal gland

d)

Thyroid gland

14.

Retention of sodium in body depends up on hormone from

a)

Adrenal cortex

b)

Adrenal medulla

c)

Parathyroid

d)

Thyroid

15.

Which of the following does the adrenal cortex produce?

a)

Noradrenaline

b)

Aldosterone

c)

Cortisol

d)

Adrenal

16.

Which of the following are Sertoli cells responsible for producing?

a)

Testosterone

b)

Estrogen

c)

Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH)

d)

Androgen binding globulin (ABG)

17.

Growth factors are local hormones that stimulate cell growth and division

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

If the effect of 2 or more hormones acting together is greater than the sum of each acting alone, then the 2 hormones are said to have a permissive effect.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

In the direct gene activation method of hormone action, the hormone enters the target cell and binds to an intracellular receptor. The activated receptor- hormone complex then alters gene expression to produce the protein that cause the physiological responses that are characteristic of the hormone.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Productive stress is term as distress

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE