Deck 11: The Great Communicator

Question 1

Vasopressin is also known as:

A) growth hormone
B) adrenocorticotropic hormone
C) melanocyte stimulating hormone
D) antidiuretic hormone

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The significance of the "master gland" is that it:

A) is the largest gland in the body
B) secretes hormones to which other glands respond
C) controls the nervous system and movement
D) has endocrine and exocrine functions

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Deficient gland secretion is called:

A) hypercrinism
B) hypocrinism
C) endocrinopathy
D) endocrinopenia

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The chemical secretions of endocrine glands are called:

A) glandotropin
B) colostrum
C) hormones
D) gonadotropins

Question 5

The combining form for yellow is:

A) erythr/o
B) yell/o
C) melan/o
D) lute/o

Question 6

Which of the following glands regulates metabolism and iodine uptake?

A) thyroid
B) posterior pituitary
C) adrenal
D) anterior pituitary

Question 8

Enlargement of the thyroid gland is termed:

A) thyromegaly
B) thryromegaly
C) thryomegaly
D) thiromegaly

Question 9

____________________, one of the thyroid hormones that regulates metabolism, is abbreviated T3.

Question 10

As one of the secretions of the anterior pituitary gland, ____________________ hormone augments ovulation and aids in the maintenance of pregnancy in females.

Question 11

Disease of the adrenal glands is termed:

A) adrenal pathogen
B) adrenopathy
C) adenopathy
D) adenosis

Question 12

In addition to secreting the releasing and inhibiting factors that affect the release of substances from the pituitary gland, the ____________________ produces antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin.

Question 13

The ____________________, which has both exocrine and endocrine functions, is an aggregation of cells near the proximal duodenum.

Question 14

Lactogenic hormone is also known as:

A) oxytocin
B) lactose
C) prolactin
D) lactogenesis

Question 15

The plural of stimulus is:

A) stimulum
B) stimulae
C) stimula
D) stimuli

Question 16

The principal mineralocorticoid, ____________________, is a hormone that regulates sodium and potassium.