Endocrine System Quiz Insights for BIOL 251 Students

W1 Quiz 1 Attempt 1 BIOL 251 Attempt Score 100 / 100 - 100 % Overall Grade (Highest Attempt) 100 / 100 - 100 % Question 1 4 / 4 points The adrenal glands are wedges of glandular and neuroendocrine tissue adhering to the top of the _________. Question options: spleen kidneys liver hypothalamus thyroid gland Hide question 1 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 2 4 / 4 points The female's uterus secretes the following hormone: Question options: Progesterone FSH hPL None Estrogen Hide question 2 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 3 4 / 4 points The alpha cells of the pancreatic islets produce and secrete _________. Question options: insulin glucagon epinephrine alphagen All of the above Hide question 3 feedback

W1 Quiz 1 Attempt 1 BIOL 251 Good work; your answer is correct! Question 4 4 / 4 points How can the anterior part of the pituitary gland control the secretion of thyroid hormones? Question options: Some thyroid hormones are actually produced in the pituitary gland. If there are not enough thyroid hormones available in the body, the anterior pituitary can release thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). TSH then stimulates the thyroid gland to release more thyroid hormone. It cannot affect the secretion of thyroid hormones. Growth hormone from the anterior pituitary gland can stimulate the secretion of thyroid hormones. None of the above. Hide question 4 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 5 4 / 4 points How many hormones are produced by the posterior pituitary? Question options: 1 6 3 0 2 Hide question 5 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 6 4 / 4 points Which of the following can result from hyperparathyroidism? Question options: increased bone deposition fractures convulsions low blood calcium levels All of the above are true. Hide question 6 feedback Good work; your answer is correct!

W1 Quiz 1 Attempt 1 BIOL 251 Question 7 4 / 4 points The signaling done by the endocrine system is accomplished by the use of chemicals called _______. Question options: electrical signals hormones electrons transmitters action potentials Hide question 7 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 8 4 / 4 points Hormones produced and released from sex organs include which of the following? Question options: estrogen and progesterone testosterone inhibin FSH and LH A, B, and C are all correct Hide question 8 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 9 4 / 4 points The hypothalamus is functionally and anatomically connected to the posterior pituitary lobe by a bridge of ________. Question options: blood vessels muscle cartilage nerve axons bone Hide question 9 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 10 4 / 4 points

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W1 Quiz 1 Attempt 1 BIOL 251 The parathyroid glands are small structures located on the posterior thyroid gland that produce parathyroid hormone (PTH), which regulates blood ________ levels. Question options: potassium calcium adrenalin insulin thyroid hormone Hide question 10 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 11 4 / 4 points Cushing's disease is a disorder caused by ________. Question options: abnormally high levels of cortisol abnormally high levels of epinephrine abnormally high levels of aldosterone abnormally low levels of aldosterone abnormally low levels of cortisol Hide question 11 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 12 4 / 4 points The function of the placental hormone human placental lactogen (hPL) is to ________. Question options: prepare the breasts for lactation nourish the placenta regulate the menstrual cycle help the placenta to mature All of the above are true. Hide question 12 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 13 4 / 4 points

W1 Quiz 1 Attempt 1 BIOL 251 The two major organ systems that participate in relatively "long distance" communication in order to control and coordinate actions in the body are the _______ system and the _______ system. Question options: Muscular; nervous Skeletal; muscular Muscular; integumentary Nervous; endocrine Cardiovascular; endocrine Hide question 13 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 14 4 / 4 points Stage one of GAS is called the alarm reaction. This is short- term stress, the fight-or-flight response, mediated by the hormones __________ and ___________from the adrenal medulla. Question options: Insulin; glucagon Aldosterone; angiotensin Cortisol; hydrocortisone Epinephrine; norepinephrine Testosterone; estrogen Hide question 14 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 15 4 / 4 points Which general type of hormone can easily pass through the cell membrane and into the cytoplasm of the cell? Question options: CNS hormones Lipid-soluble hormones Pituitary hormones Water-soluble hormones Protein hormones

W1 Quiz 1 Attempt 1 BIOL 251 Hide question 15 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 16 4 / 4 points The cells responsible for the transmission of the nerve impulse are ________. Question options: transmission cells neurons astrocytes microglia oligodendrocytes Hide question 16 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 17 4 / 4 points Which of the following is the epithelial tissue that lines the interior of blood vessels? Question options: columnar stratified simple squamous pseudostratified transitional Hide question 17 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 18 4 / 4 points Once an action potential is initiated in a neuron, that depolarization then is __________ . Question options: propagated. continuously conducted in an unmyelinated nerve fiber. conducted in a saltatory manner in a myelinated nerve fiber. blocked. A, B, and C are correct

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W1 Quiz 1 Attempt 1 BIOL 251 Hide question 18 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 19 4 / 4 points If a thermoreceptor is sensitive to temperature sensations, what would a chemoreceptor be sensitive to? Question options: light sound molecules vibration Both C and D are correct. Hide question 19 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 20 4 / 4 points What is the fibrocartilage padding in between the vertebrae called? Question options: Intervertebral Disc Thoracic Cartilage Spinal Tendon Costal Cartilage Vertebral Gel Sac Hide question 20 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 21 4 / 4 points What is the type of ossification (bone formation) that occurs between sheets of fibrous connective tissue? Question options: Endochondral Ossification Intramembranous Ossification Primary Ossification Trabecular Ossification Flat Bone Ossification

W1 Quiz 1 Attempt 1 BIOL 251 Hide question 21 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 22 4 / 4 points All of the following are functions of skeletal muscles except for which? Question options: Maintain balance Produce heat Regulate blood pressure Stop movement Produce movement Hide question 22 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 23 4 / 4 points Which structures of cardiac muscle allows the cells to contract in waves so the heart can work as a pump? Question options: Syncytium Intercalated discs Nucleus Desmosome Gap junction Hide question 23 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Question 24 4 / 4 points Which type of stem cell gives rise to red and white blood cells? Question options: epithelial mesenchymal blood endothelial hematopoietic Hide question 24 feedback

W1 Quiz 1 Attempt 1 BIOL 251 Good work; your answer is correct! Question 25 4 / 4 points The cells that make up nearly all of the body contain an equal number of chromosomes that they receive from each parent. These are called ________ cells. Question options: Mitotic cells Somatic cells Sex cells Duplex cells Bipolar cells Hide question 25 feedback Good work; your answer is correct! Done

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