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Endocrine System Quiz #1

1. Name 3 major processes that hormones control in the body.

Reproduction, growth, and development
2. What are 2 of the 3 chemical types of hormones?
Lipid, amino acid, and peptide
3. How does a hormone know what its specific target cell is? Each target cell bears receptors for the
particular hormone
4. This type of hormone action involves the hormone diffusing across the plasma
membrane of the target cell.
Steroid Hormone
5. What process helps regulate hormone levels in the body?
Negative Feedback Loop
Label the following structures:
a. pancreas
b. pituitary
c. parathyroid glands 6. B. Pituitary
d. testes 14
e. thymus I. Hypothalamus
f. thyroid
g. ovary C. Parathyroid
7 F. Thyroid
h. adrenal glands
i. hypothalamus 13

E. Thymus 12

H. Adrenal 11 A. Pancreas
8

G. Ovary 10

9 D. Testes
Multiple Choice:

15. Which of the following endocrine glands is located in the neck?

A. pineal gland C. thymus
B. pituitary D. thyroid

16. The substance that acts as a second messenger at the cellular level is:
A. ATP. C. cyclic AMP.
B. adenyl cyclase. D. hormones.

17. Hormones may be:

A. steroids. C. glycoproteins.
B. peptides. D. all of the above.

18. Steroids are able to pass easily through a target cell’s plasma membrane because they are:
A. synthesized from amino acids. C. lipid-soluble.
B. synthesized from carbohydrates. D. synthesized from nucleic acids.

19. The compound that is referred to as a tissue hormone is:

A. growth hormone. C. adrenocorticotropic hormone.
B. prostaglandin. D. thyroxine.

20. The structure referred to historically as the master gland is the:

A. pituitary. C. hypothalamus.
B. adrenals. D. thyroid.

21. An insufficient amount of somatotropic hormone during the growth years could result in:
A. acromegaly. C. cretinism.
B. dwarfism. D. gigantism.

22. Growth of the ovarian follicle occurs as a result of:

A. LH. C. progesterone.
B. estrogen. D. FSH.

23. Prolactin affects:

A. the adrenal cortex. C. skin color.
B. body growth. D. milk secretion.

24. An abnormally high metabolic rate could be associated with the functioning of the:
A. thyroid gland. C. posterior pituitary.
B. parathyroid gland. D. thymus.