A&p Chapter 18 Endocrine System
The endocrine system is defined as the collection of glands of living organisms, which are essential for secreting hormones. Most processes in living organisms are aided by hormones. The A&P chapter 18 endocrine systems quiz below tests on this subject.
- 1.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A FUNCTION OF A HORMONE
- A.
REGULATES CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND VOLUME OF THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
- B.
REGULATES METABOLISM
- C.
REGULATES GRANDULAR SECRETIONS
- D.
PRODUCES ELECTROLYTES
- 2.WHEN A HORMONE IS PRESENT IN EXCESSIVE LEVELS, THE NUMBER OF TARGET-CELL RECEPTORS MAY DECREASE. THIS IS CALLED
- A.
RECEPTOR RECOGNITION
- B.
CIRCULATING HORMONE
- C.
UP REGULATION
- D.
DOWN REGULATION
- 3.THESE HORMONES ACT ON NEIGHBORING CELLS WITHOUT ENTERING THE BLOOD STREAM
- A.
LOCAL HORMONES
- B.
PARACRINES
- C.
AUTOCRINES
- D.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
- 4.THESE ARE LIPID SOLUBLE HORMONES DERIVED FROM CHOLESTEROL
- A.
STEROIDS
- B.
THYROID HORMONES
- C.
NITRIC OXIDE
- D.
AMINE HORMONES
- 5.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A MAJOR EICONSANOID
- A.
PROSTAGLANDINS
- B.
LEUKOTRIENES
- C.
GLOPROTEINS
- D.
BOTH A & B
- 6.WHAT IS A MAJOR DIFF IN THE ACTION OF A WATER SOLUBLE HORMONE VS A LIPID SOLUBLE HORMONE
- A.
HOW THEY DIFFUSE THROUGH BLOOD
- B.
HOW THE mRNA IS TRANSCRIBED
- C.
THE USE OF A SECOND MESSENGER
- D.
ONLY ONE TYPE NEEDS A HORMONE RECEPTOR
- 7.WHEN ONE HORMONE OPPOSING THE ACTION OF ANOTHER HORMONE IS IT CALLED
- A.
SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS
- B.
PERMISSIVE EFFECTS
- C.
ANTAGONISTIC EFFECTS
- D.
CIRCULATING
- 8.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A WAY HORMONE SECRETION IS REGULATED
- A.
SIGNALS FROM NERVOUS SYSTEM
- B.
CHEMICAL CHANGES IN BLOOD
- C.
SIGNALS FROM THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
- D.
BOTH A & B
- 9.WHAT CONTROLS THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND
- A.
CHEMICAL SIGNALS FROM THE BLOOD
- B.
THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
- C.
ACTION OF HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES
- D.
ACTION OF POTENTIALS FROM THE THALAMUS
- 10.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES STIMULATES GROWTH
- A.
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE
- B.
PROLACTIN
- C.
THYROTROPIN
- D.
FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE
- 11.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES STIMULATES MILK PRODUCTION
- A.
LEUTINIZING HORMONE
- B.
PROLACTIN
- C.
THYROTROPIN
- D.
MELANOCYTE STIMULATING HORMONE
- 12.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES STIMULATES CORTISOL PRODUCTION
- A.
LEUTINIZING HORMONE
- B.
PROLACTIN
- C.
INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTORS
- D.
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE
- 13.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES STIMULATES SEX CELL PRODUCTION
- A.
LEUTINIZING HORMONE
- B.
TSH
- C.
CORTICOTROPIN
- D.
GROWTH HORMONE
- 14.THE PARS DISTALIS AND THE PARS TUBERALIS COMPRISE
- A.
ANTERIOR PITUITARY
- B.
HYPOTHALAMUS
- C.
POSTERIOR PITUITARY
- D.
ADRENAL GLAND
- 15.HOW MANY HORMONES DO THE FIVE TYPES OF ANTERIOR PITUITARY CELLS SECRETE
- A.
5
- B.
7
- C.
10
- D.
12
- 16.WHICH TYPE OF ANTERIOR PITUITARY CELL SECRETES HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE
- A.
THYROTROPHS
- B.
GONADOTROPHS
- C.
SOMATOTROPHS
- D.
LACTOTROPHS
- 17.WHICH HORMONES DOES THE POSTERIOR PITUITARY PRODUCE
- A.
PROLACTIN AND HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE
- B.
MELATONIN STIMULATING HORMONE AND OXYTOCIN
- C.
OXYTOCIN AND ANTIDIRUETIC HORMONE
- D.
PROLACTIN AND ACTH
- 18.THE AMOUNT OF ADH THAT IS SECRETED VARIES WITH
- A.
BLOOD OSMOTIC PRESSURE
- B.
BLOOD CALCIUM LEVELS
- C.
OXYGEN CONTENT OF BLOOD
- D.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
- 19.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HORMONES OPPOSES THE ACTION OF PARATHYROID HORMONE?
- A.
TESTESTERONE
- B.
INSULIN
- C.
CALCITONIN
- D.
CALCITRIOL
- 20.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A MEANS OF SYNTHESIXING AND SECRETING T3 AND T4
- A.
IODINE TRAPPING
- B.
OXIDATION OF IODIDE
- C.
COUPLING OF T1 AND T2
- D.
HYDROLYSIS OF CALCIUM
- 21.PARATHYROID HORMONE IS THE MAJOR REGULATOR OF WHICH IONS IN THE BLOOD
- A.
CALCIUM
- B.
SODIUM
- C.
POTASSIUM
- D.
CHLORIDE
- 22.COMPLETE LOSS OF THE ALDOSTERONE WILL LEAD TO DEATH DUE TO
- A.
DECREASED HEART RATE
- B.
DECREASED AIRWAY DILATION
- C.
DEHYDRATION
- D.
KIDNEY FAILURE
- 23.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A GLUCOCORTICOID EFFECT
- A.
PROTEIN AND FAT BREAKDOWN
- B.
GLUCOSE FORMATION
- C.
IMMUNE SUPPRESSION
- D.
INCREASE IN BLOOD CELL PRODUCTION
- 24.WHICH BLOOD GLUCOSE LOWERING HORMONE IS PRODUCED BY THE PANCREATIC ISLET CELLS
- A.
INSULIN
- B.
PLASMA PROTEINS
- C.
BLOOD CLOTTING FACTORS
- D.
THYROID HORMONES
- 25.WHICH HORMONE PROMOTES METABOLIC RATE
- A.
INSULIN
- B.
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE
- C.
GLUCAGON
- D.
THYROID HORMONE
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