Endocrine Quiz

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A quiz about the endocrine system. Do you know your hormones?


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    The passageway for air and food is:

    • A.

      Pharynx

    • B.

      Larynx

    • C.

      Esophagus

    • D.

      Trachea

    Correct Answer
    A. Pharynx
  • 2. 

    Which hormone produced by b cells in the pancreas lowers glucose levels in the blood

    Correct Answer
    Insulin
  • 3. 

    The anterior pituitary hormone that regulates cortisol levels

    Correct Answer
    ACTH=adrencocotrophie
  • 4. 

    This hormone maintains pregnancy

    Correct Answer
    estrogen and progesterone
  • 5. 

    Made by the zona reticularis of the adrenal gland, this group of hormones regulates the sex drive

    Correct Answer
    androgens
  • 6. 

    Produced by the anterior pituitary, this hormone stimulates the growth of muscle and bone

    Correct Answer
    hgh=human growth hormone
  • 7. 

    This hormone is produced by alpha cells in the pancreas and raises blood sugar level

    Correct Answer
    glycogen
  • 8. 

    Produced by the zona glomerulosa, it regulates BP and blood volume

    Correct Answer
    aldosterone
  • 9. 

    This controls the secondary sexual characteristics of the remal and regulates the menstrual cycle

    Correct Answer
    estrogen and progesterone
  • 10. 

    Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the production of T3 and T4

    Correct Answer
    Tsh=thyroid stimulating hormone
  • 11. 

    Responsible for egg maturation in the ovary

    Correct Answer
    FSH=follicle stimulatin hormone
  • 12. 

    Cause ovulation

    Correct Answer
    LH=luetenizing hormone
  • 13. 

    Hormone responsible for labor contractions and milk let down-its is mad in the.......

    Correct Answer
    oxytocin
    posterior pituitary
  • 14. 

    This hormone decreases blood calcium levels by decreasing bone resorption- it is made in the

    Correct Answer
    calcitonin
    thyroid gland
  • 15. 

    This hormone produce in... raises blood calcium levels by increasing bone resorption

    Correct Answer
    PTH=parathormone
    parathyroid gland
  • 16. 

    Responsible for milk production, made in...

    Correct Answer
    prolactin
    anterior pituitary
  • 17. 

    Pineal gland secretes

    Correct Answer
    melatonin
  • 18. 

    Renin angiotensin aldosterone regulate the

    Correct Answer
    blood pressure
  • 19. 

    The islets of langerhans located in the

    Correct Answer
    pancreas
  • 20. 

    They make (pancreas)

    Correct Answer
    Insulin and glucagon
  • 21. 

    2ndary messenger of water soluble hormone is

    Correct Answer
    c-amp
  • 22. 

    Suckling stimulates which hormone

    Correct Answer
    prolactin
  • 23. 

    ADH targets which organ

    Correct Answer
    kidney's
  • 24. 

    Most of CO2 in the blood is transported by

    Correct Answer
    bicarbonate ions
  • 25. 

    Graves disese is

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