Deck 2: The Nervous, Endocrine and Immune Systems and Principle of Homeostasis

Question 1

The continuous interactions among the nervous, endocrine and immune systems was named ______.

A) neuroimmunomodulation
B) psychoimmunology
C) psychoneuroimmunology
D) immunoendocrinology

Answer 1

A

Question 2

______ is the organism's apparatus for responding to the external environment. It sends information to the brain from the body's various sensory detectors.

A) Feedback looping
B) The somatic nervous system
C) The parasympathetic nervous system
D) The autonomic nervous system

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The pituitary (anterior and posterior lobes), thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal (cortex and medulla), pancreas and gonads are examples of what?

A) Neurotransmitters
B) Glutamate receptors
C) Synapses
D) Endocrine glands

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Endocrine glands release hormones as a response to which stimuli?

A) Hormones from other endocrine glands
B) Chemical characteristics of the blood (other than hormones)
C) Neural stimulation
D) All of these

Question 5

Which secosteroid hormone is metabolised in the liver and kidney and normally arises in the skin from sunlight or comes from food such as oily fish or from supplements?

A) Vitamin D
B) Iron
C) Vitamin B12
D) Progesterone

Question 6

Antibodies are made by which cells?

A) Glial cells
B) B cells
C) Dendritic cell
D) T cells

Question 7

The ______ includes the thymus, spleen, tonsils, bone marrow, circulatory system and lymphatic system. These different parts of the body work together to produce, store and transport specific types of cells and substances to combat health threats.

A) innate immune system
B) endocrine system
C) adaptive immune system
D) nervous system

Question 8

Autoimmunity results from a ______ IS attacking normal tissues as if they were foreign organisms.

A) hypoactive
B) hyperactive
C) hypoactive and hyperactive
D) neither

Question 9

______can be viewed as a form of anticipatory homeostasis.

A) Inflamation
B) The innate immune system
C) The placebo effect
D) None of these