RAQUENIO, TRISHA DIANNE R.

BSN—1C

Post Test: ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

1. Which gland is responsible for calcium regulation?

a. Pancreas
b. Parathyroid gland
c. Pineal gland
d. Pituitary
2. Which gland may enlarge (goiter) due to an iodine deficiency?
a. Parathyroid
b. Pituitary
c. Thyroid
d. Pineal
3. What are the two hormones being produced by the pancreas?
a. Epinephrine and norepinephrine
b. Insulin and glucagon
c. Parathormone and vasopressin
4. Which of the following gland does not belong to the endocrine system?
a. Pituitary
b. Salivary
c. sebaceous
d. Thyroid
5. Which of the following hormones regulate fluid balance?
a. Luteinizing hormone
b. Oxytocin
c. Follicle stimulating hormone
d. ADH
6. The metabolic rate is controlled by which hormone?
a. Thyroid stimulating hormone
b. Prolactin
c. Growth hormone
d. Adrenocorticotropic
7. The pineal gland
a. Produces hormone (melatonin) that helps you go to sleep
b. Produces hormone that increases blood
c. Produces hormone that stimulates the immune response
d. Produces a hormone that decreases bone calcium levels
8. Calcitonin is a hormone of the
a. Adrenal cortex
b. Thyroid gland
c. Pituitary gland
d. Thymus
9. Which of the following hormones are responsible for the “fight of flight response”
a. Epinephrine and norepinephrine
b. Insulin and glucagon
c. Estrogen and progesterone
RAQUENIO, TRISHA DIANNE R.
BSN—1C

d. Thyroxin and melatonin

10. All of the following are hormones of the anterior pituitary EXCEPT
a. Growth hormone
b. Follicle stimulating hormone
c. Parathyroid hormone
d. Thyroid stimulating hormone