Quiz: Endocrine System

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Questão 1

Questão
All of the following are nonsteroid hormones except:
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  • oxytocin
  • calcitonin
  • cortisol
  • glucagon

Questão 2

Questão
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the endocrine system?
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  • Chemical messenger travels short distance.
  • Effector tissues include virtually all tissues.
  • Characteristics of regulatory effects are slow to appear and long-lasting.
  • Receptors are located on the plasma membrane or within the effector cell.

Questão 3

Questão
All of the following are true statements except:
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  • there are at least 16 different prostaglandins
  • the first prostaglandin was identified in semen
  • aspirin produces some of its effects by increasing PGE synthesis
  • PGFs have been used to induce labor and accelerate the delivery of a baby

Questão 4

Questão
Endocrine glands may be made up of
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  • glandular epithelium
  • neurosecretory tissue
  • ducts to collect interstitial fluid
  • both glandular epithelium and neurosecretory tissue

Questão 5

Questão
The many hormones secreted by endocrine tissues are structurally classified as
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  • steroid or nonsteroid hormones
  • anabolic or catabolic hormones
  • sex or nonsex hormones
  • tropic or hypotropic hormones

Questão 6

Questão
Which of the following is a function of glucagon?
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  • Promotes the entry of glucose into tissue cells
  • Tends to decrease blood glucose concentrations
  • Tends to increase blood glucose concentrations
  • Converts glucose into glycogen

Questão 7

Questão
Principal thyroid hormone.
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  • T4
  • T3 (triiodothyronine)
  • thyroxine
  • T4 and thyroxine

Questão 8

Questão
The production of thyroid hormone is stimulated by another hormone from the:
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  • anterior pituitary
  • posterior pituitary
  • thyroid gland.
  • parathyroid gland

Questão 9

Questão
The common molecule from which all steroid hormones are derived is
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  • phospholipids
  • cholesterol
  • lecithin
  • triglycerols

Questão 10

Questão
The first step in the renin-angiotensin mechanism is:
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  • angiotensin II circulates to the adrenal cortex, stimulating the secretion of aldosterone
  • renin causes angiotensinogen to be converted to angiotensin I
  • the juxtaglomerular apparatus secretes renin into the blood in response to a fall in the blood pressure within the kidney
  • aldosterone causes increased reabsorption of sodium, which causes increased water retention

Questão 11

Questão
Which of the following glands is not regulated by the pituitary:
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  • Thyroid
  • Ovaries
  • Adrenals
  • Thymus

Questão 12

Questão
In comparison with the nervous system, the regulatory effects of the endocrine system are [blank_start]slow[blank_end] to appear, but [blank_start]long[blank_end] lasting
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  • slow
  • long

Questão 13

Questão
The vascular link between the hypothalamus and adenohypophysis is called the:
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  • hypophyseal portal system
  • hepatic portal system
  • releasing hormone portal system
  • both hypophyseal portal system and releasing hormone portal system

Questão 14

Questão
The substance that acts as a second messenger at the cellular level is:
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  • cyclic AMP
  • mRNA
  • ATP
  • GTP

Questão 15

Questão
Which of the following hormones is not secreted by the adrenal medulla:
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  • epinephrine
  • norepinephrine
  • adrenaline
  • all are secreted by adrenal medulla

Questão 16

Questão
[blank_start]Tropic[blank_end] [blank_start]hormones[blank_end] target other endocrine glands and stimulate their growth and secretion
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  • Tropic
  • hormones

Questão 17

Questão
When a small amount of one hormone allows a second hormone to have its full effect, the phenomenon is called:
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  • synergism
  • permissiveness
  • antagonism
  • combination

Questão 18

Questão
[blank_start]Calcitonin[blank_end] has the opposite effect of parathyroid hormone
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  • Calcitonin

Questão 19

Questão
[blank_start]Prolactin[blank_end] affects milk secretion
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  • Prolactin

Questão 20

Questão
[blank_start]PGE[blank_end] is a Prostaglandin that plays a role in the development of a fever:
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  • PGE

Questão 21

Questão
[blank_start]Oxytocin[blank_end] is the hormone that causes ejection of milk into the mammary ducts.
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  • Oxytocin

Questão 22

Questão
Prolactin is not a tropic hormone?
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  • True
  • False

Questão 23

Questão
Is Steroid a structural classification of hormones?
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  • True
  • False

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