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Endocrine System Part 1

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the system:


•SLOW

•Uses hormones

•reacts slowly, effect may continue for weeks

•more persistent responses (thyroid during winter)


•may have general, widespread effects on many organs, ex. Growth Hormone

a)

Endocrine

b)

Nervous

2.

Name the system:


•FAST

•Uses nerves

•reacts quickly and stops quickly

•adapts quickly and response declines (adaptation)

•effects are targeted and specific (one organ)

a)

Endocrine

b)

Nervous

3.

Label 1

(a)  

4.

Label 2

(a)  

5.

Label 3

(a)  

6.

What do exocrine glands go? (Think Ex-its)

a)

•secretes fluids into ducts that go to the outside of the body (DUCTS)

b)

•secretes fluids into (Ento) the body (DUCTLESS)

7.

What do Endocrine glands do? (Think En-to)

a)

•secretes fluids into ducts that go to the outside of the body (DUCTS)

b)

•secretes fluids into (Ento) the body (DUCTLESS)

8.

What are some of the "occasional" endocrine organs?

a)

Kidneys, Placenta, Skin and Bone

b)

Muscles

c)

Finger Nails

9.

What do endocrine glands do?

a)

Produce hormones

b)

Produce nerve impulses

c)

Produce bone

10.

What is a hormone?

a)

An electrical impulse that propagates along the axon

b)

chemical messenger secreted into the bloodstream, and stimulates response in another tissue or organ

c)

electrical messenger secreted into the bloodstream, and stimulates response in another tissue or organ

d)

chemical messenger secreted into the lungs, and stimulates response in another tissue or organ

11.

Target cells have specific ____ for specific ____.

a)

receptors ; hormones

b)

hormones ; receptors

c)

neurons ; axons

12.

FSH stimulates the ____ and ____.

a)

ovary

b)

testes

c)

thyroid

d)

thymus

13.

When FSH stimulates the Ovary and Testes, which of the following is the Ovary and Testes considered?

a)

Secreting Cell

b)

Target Cell

c)

Not a target cell

14.

FSH that is released by the anterior pituitary gland stimulates the Ovary and Testes, which of the following is the pituitary gland considered?

a)

Secreting Cell

b)

Target Cell

c)

Not a target cell

15.

FSH that is released by the anterior pituitary gland stimulates the Ovary and Testes, while any cell that does not have receptors for the hormone is considered ?

a)

Secreting Cell

b)

Target Cell

c)

Not a target cell

16.

The master of the Master Gland is known as

(a)  

17.

This structure is the major link between the two systems of the body - the Nervous and Endocrine System

(a)  

18.

This structure controls the autonomic nervous system and regulates body temperature, thirst, hunger, sexual behavior, fear, and rage.

(a)  

19.

label 1

(a)  

20.

label 2

(a)  

21.

The hypophysis is better known as the

(a)  

22.

The pituitary gland is suspended or hangs from the hypothalamus by a stalk called the

(a)  

23.

Pituitary gland Sits in the sella turcica of the

(a)  

24.

The pituitary gland is the master gland and the hypothalamus is the master of the master gland. What does the master gland do?

a)

Secretes several hormones that control other endocrine glands

b)

Secrete ovum and spermatocytes to promote sexual reproduction

25.

Anterior Pituitary has ____ while the posterior pituitary is under _____ control where no hormones are created here but 2 are stored.

a)

Hormones ; Neurological

b)

Neurological control ; Hormones

26.

Where do the two hormones that are STORED but not produced in the posterior pituitary gland come from?

a)

hypothalamus

b)

pineal gland

c)

thyroid gland

d)

thymus

27.

Label 1

(a)  

28.

Label 2

(a)  

29.

Hormone Function:

This hormone promotes lactation, makes milk.

a)

Prolactin (PRL)

b)

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)

c)

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH

d)

Growth Hormone (GH)

e)

Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)

30.

Hormone Function:

This hormone controls the release by the adrenal cortex of glucocorticoids

a)

Luteinizing Hormone (LH)

b)

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)

c)

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH

d)

Growth Hormone (GH)

e)

Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)

31.

Hormone Function:

This hormone stimulates the release of Thyroid Hormones (T3 and T4)

a)

Luteinizing Hormone (LH)

b)

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)

c)

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH

d)

Growth Hormone (GH)

e)

Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)

32.

Hormone Function:

This hormone stimulates bone growth and promotes metabolism. Usually measured as IGF-1 in the blood

a)

Luteinizing Hormone (LH)

b)

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)

c)

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH

d)

Growth Hormone (GH)

e)

Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)

33.

Hormone Function:

This hormone –Develops oocyte in females and sperm in males

a)

Luteinizing Hormone (LH)

b)

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)

c)

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH

d)

Growth Hormone (GH)

e)

Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)

34.

Hormone Function:

This hormone

–In females- Releases the egg and prepares the uterus and breasts for a kid

–In males- causes testes to release testosterone–Develops oocyte in females and sperm in males

a)

Luteinizing Hormone (LH)

b)

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)

c)

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH

d)

Growth Hormone (GH)

e)

Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)

35.

Any answer. Educational slide on ovulation

4 lines
36.

label it

(a)  

37.

PRL is what hormone?

(a)  

38.

ACTH is what hormone?

(a)  

39.

TSH is what hormone?

(a)  

40.

FSH is what hormone?

(a)  

41.

LH is what hormone?

(a)  

42.

GH is what hormone?

(a)  

43.

Label 1

(a)  

44.

Label 2

(a)  

45.

Label 5

(a)  

46.

Label 3

(a)  

47.

Label 4

(a)  

48.

Label 6

(a)  

49.

Label 7

(a)  

50.

Label 7

(a)  

51.

HGH is the abbreviation for?

a)

Human Growth Hormone

b)

Insulin Growth Factor

52.

Growth Hormone (GH) acts ____ on tissue to cause them to grow.

a)

directly

b)

indirectly

53.

(a)   is the hormone that really causes growth

54.

How does growth hormone cause diabetes when in excess?

a)

Causing beta cell burn out in the pancreas

b)

Causing alpha cell burn out in the pancreas

55.

What is the pathogenesis of GH induced diabetes?

a)

GH causes hyperglycemia = blood sugar tries to lower blood glucose by increasing insulin = burnout

b)

GH causes hypoglycemia = blood sugar tries to raise blood glucose by decreasing insulin = burnout

56.

What is the function of IGF?

a)

increases influx of amino acids into cells to increase protein synthesis.

b)

Boosts transcription of DNA, production of mRNA and suppresses protein catabolism

c)

Decreases transcription of DNA, production of mRNA and increases protein catabolism

d)

decreases influx of amino acids into cells to decrease protein synthesis.

57.

Protein Synthesis:

When DNA gets read my mRNA (messenger RNA) this is called?

a)

translation

b)

transcription

58.

When mRNA goes to the rough ER f the cell, tRNA attaches to mRNA and TRANSLATES the message on mRNA into a protein. This process is called?

a)

Transcription

b)

Translation

59.

The posterior pituitary stores but does not produce what two hormones?

a)

Oxytocin (OT)

b)

Anti-Diuretic Hormone (ADH)

c)

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)

60.

Pituitary Hormones are only made in the ____.

a)

Anterior Pituitary Gland

b)

Posterior Pituitary Gland

61.

Oxytocin has an ejecting and effecting function. What are they?

a)

Eject Milk and Eject Kid

b)

Eject Saliva and Eject Kid

c)

Parental feeling and pleasure from sex

d)

PLeasure from Oral only

62.

This hormone causes the kidneys to return water to the blood.

a)

ADH

b)

PRL

c)

OT

d)

GH

63.

Some drugs inhibit ADH so more ____ is produced.

a)

Urine

b)

Poop

c)

ADH

d)

GH

64.

This type of feedback causes inhibition in the release of tropic hormones in response to increased target organ hormone levels.

a)

Negative Feedback

b)

Positive Feedback

65.

What is an example of positive feedback?

a)

Decreased TSH in response to High T3 and T4

b)

Stretching of uterus caused by OT release, causes more OT Release until delivery.

66.

Endocrine disorders can be due to?

a)

too much hormone

b)

too little hormone