Endocrine System

Endocrine System
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the endocrine system?

a. Products secreted into blood
b. Glands with ducts
c. Secretes hormones
d. Non localized response
e. All of the following are characteristics of the endocrine system
Answer: b
What type of hormone is testosterone?

a. Protein
b. Amino acid chain
c. Steroid
d. Catecholamine
e. None of the above
Answer: c
What organ is nicknamed the "master gland"

a. Adrenal medulla
b. Adrenal cortex
c. Brain
d. Pituitary
e. Heart
Answer: d
What cell type secretes ACTH?

a. Lactotropic cells
b. Thyrotropic cells
c. Somatotropic cells
d. Corticotropic cells
e. Gonadotropic cells
Answer: d
Where is corpora arenacea found?

a. Pituitary
b. Pineal gland
c. Adrenal gland
d. Pancreas
e. Thyroid
Answer: b
Which gland secretes melatonin?

a. Pancreas
b. Thyroid
c. Pineal gland
d. Adrenal gland (cortex)
e. Adrenal gland (medulla)
Answer: c
Which cell type are involved in the secretion thyroglobulin?

a. Principal cell
b. Oxyphil cell
c. Parafollicular cells
d. Follicular cells
e. Chromaffin cells
Answer: d
Where is insulin secreted from?

a. Alpha cells
b. Beta cells
c. Gamma cells
d. Delta cells
e. Acini
Answer: b
Which of the following is part of the adrenal gland?

a. Chromaffin cells
b. Zona reticularis
c. Zona glomerulosa
d. Zona fasciculata
e. All of the above
Answer: e
Which part the adrenal gland secretes glucocorticoids?

a. Chromaffin cells
b. Zona reticularis
c. Zona glomerulosa
d. Zona fasciculata
Answer: d
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What type of hormone is insulin?
a. Protein
b. Peptide
c. Steroid
d. Catecholamine
Answer: a
What connects the pituitary to the hypothalamus?

a. Pars intermedia
b. Pars tuberalis
c. Infundibulum
d. Adenohypophysis
e. Neurohypophysis
Answer: c
Which of the following is not part of the adenohypophysis?

a. Pars intermedia
b. Pars tuberalis
c. Pars distalis
d. Pars nervosa
e. All of the above are part of the adenohypophysis
Answer: d
What cell type secretes prolactin?

Answer: a
Which of the following cells can be classified as an acidophil?

a. Gonadotropic cells
b. Corticotropic cells
c. Thyrotropic cells
d. Lactotropic cells
e. All of the above
Answer: d
Which gland secretes calcitonin?

a. Pancreas
b. Thyroid
c. Pineal gland
Answer: b
Which cell type are also called C cells?

a. Principal cell
b. Oxyphil cell
d. Follicular cells
e. Chromaffin cells
Answer: c
Where is glucagon secreted from?
a. Alpha cells
b. Beta cells
c. Gamma cells
d. Delta cells
e. Acini
Answer: a
Which of the following is a component of the adrenal medulla?

a. Chromaffin cells
b. Zona reticularis
c. Zona glomerulosa
d. Zona fasciculata
e. All of the above
Answer: a
What are the cells of the pineal gland called?

a. Follicular cells
b. Parafollicular cells
c. Pinealocytes
d. P cells
e. PP cells
Answer: c
What type of hormone is prolactin?

a. Protein
b. Peptide
c. Steroid
d. Catecholamine
Answer: a
Where are tropic hormones secreted from?

a. Pars intermedia
b. Pars tuberalis
c. Infundibulum
d. Adenohypophysis
e. Neurohypophysis
Answer: d
Which of the following is not part of the neurohypophysis?

a. Median eminence
b. Pars distalis
c. Pars nervosa
d. Infundibular stalk
e. All of the above are part of the neurohypophysis
Answer: b
What cell type secretes MSH?

Answer: d
Which of the following cells can be classified as an acidophil?

a. Corticotropic cells
c. Gonadotropic cells
d. None of the above
e. All of the above
Answer: d
Which gland secretes epinephrine?

a. Pancreas
b. Thyroid
c. Pineal gland
Answer: e
Which gland secretes cortisol?

a. Pancreas
b. Thyroid
c. Pineal gland
Answer: d
Which cell type is found in the adrenal medulla?

a. Principal cell
b. Oxyphil cell
d. Follicular cells
e. Chromaffin cells
Answer: e
Where is pancreatic polypeptide secreted from?

a. Alpha cells
b. Beta cells
c. Gamma cells
d. Delta cells
e. Acini
Answer: c
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Which of the following is the middle layer of the adrenal cortex?
a. Chromaffin cells
b. Zona reticularis
c. Zona glomerulosa
d. Zona fasciculata
Answer: d
What type of hormone is antidiuretic hormone?

a. Protein
b. Peptide
c. Steroid
d. Catecholamine
Answer: b
Where is oxytocin secreted from?

a. Pars intermedia
b. Pars tuberalis
c. Infundibulum
d. Adenohypophysis
e. Neurohypophysis
Answer: e
What cell type secretes LH?

Answer: e
Which of the following cells can be classified as a basophil?

a. Thyrotropic cells
b. Lactotropic cells
e. All of the above
Answer: a
Which gland secretes T3?

a. Pancreas
b. Thyroid
c. Pineal gland
Answer: b
Which gland secretes sex steroids?

a. Pancreas
b. Thyroid
c. Pineal gland
Answer: d
Which of the following is the exocrine portion of the pancreas?

a. Islets of Langerhans
b. Alpha cells
c. Beta cells
d. Delta cells
e. Acini
Answer: e
Where is somatostatin secreted from?

a. Alpha cells
b. Beta cells
c. Gamma cells
d. Delta cells
e. Acini
Answer: d
Which of the following is seen the innermost portion the adrenal gland?
a. Chromaffin cells
b. Zona reticularis
c. Zona glomerulosa
d. Zona fasciculata
Answer: a
What cell of the parathyroid gland is also called a "chief cell"?

a. Principal cell
b. Oxyphil cell
d. Follicular cells
e. Chromaffin cells
Answer: a
What type of hormone is oxytocin?
a. Protein
b. Peptide
c. Steroid
d. Catecholamine
Answer: b
Where is antidiuretic hormone (ADH) secreted from?

a. Pars intermedia
b. Pars tuberalis
c. Infundibulum
d. Adenohypophysis
e. Neurohypophysis
Answer: e
What cell type secretes FSH?

Answer: e

b. Corticotropic cells
e. All of the above
Answer: b
Which gland secretes norepinephrine?

a. Pancreas
b. Thyroid
c. Pineal gland
Answer: e
What is corpora arenacea?

a. Brain sand
b. Basal body
c. Nissl body
d. White body
e. Degenerating corpus luteum
Answer: a
What gland secretes aldosterone?

a. Pancreas
b. Thyroid
c. Pineal gland
Answer: d
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What is the most common cell in the parathyroid gland?
a. Principal cell
b. Oxyphil cell
d. Follicular cells
e. Chromaffin cells
Answer: a
Where are catecholamines secreted from?
a. Chromaffin cells
b. Zona reticularis
c. Zona glomerulosa
d. Zona fasciculata
Answer: a
Which of the following is the outer layer of the adrenal cortex?

a. Chromaffin cells
b. Zona reticularis
c. Zona glomerulosa
d. Zona fasciculata
Answer: c
What type of hormone is estradiol?

a. Protein
b. Amino acid chain
c. Steroid
d. Catecholamine
Answer: c
What is another term for the anterior lobe of the pituitary?

a. Pars intermedia
b. Pars tuberalis
c. Pars distalis
d. Pars nervosa
e. Infundibular stalk
Answer: c
What cell type secretes growth hormone?

Answer: c

a. Somatotropic cells
b. Lactotropic cells
e. All of the above
Answer: c
Where is the endocrine portion of the pancreas housed?

a. Islets of Langerhans
b. Alpha cells
c. Beta cells
d. Delta cells
e. Acini
Answer: a
Which gland secretes glucagon?

a. Pancreas
b. Thyroid
c. Pineal gland
Answer: a
Which cell type secretes calcitonin?

a. Principal cell
b. Oxyphil cell
d. Follicular cells
e. Chromaffin cells
Answer: c
Which cell type is found in the parathyroid, but is not the most abundant cell type?
a. Principal cell
b. Oxyphil cell
d. Follicular cells
e. Chromaffin cells
Answer: b
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Which part the adrenal gland secretes mineralocorticoids?
a. Chromaffin cells
b. Zona reticularis
c. Zona glomerulosa
d. Zona fasciculata
Answer: c
Which of the following is the inner layer of the adrenal cortex?

a. Chromaffin cells
b. Zona reticularis
c. Zona glomerulosa
d. Zona fasciculata
Answer: b
What type of hormone is epinephrine?

a. Protein
b. Amino acid chain
c. Steroid
d. Catecholamine
Answer: d
What is another term for the posterior lobe of the pituitary?

a. Pars intermedia
b. Pars tuberalis
c. Pars distalis
d. Pars nervosa
e. Infundibular stalk
Answer: d
What cell type secretes TSH?

Answer: b

a. Corticotropic cells
e. All of the above
Answer: e
Which gland secretes insulin?

a. Pancreas
b. Thyroid
c. Pineal gland
Answer: a
Which part the adrenal gland secretes sex steroids?

a. Chromaffin cells
b. Zona reticularis
c. Zona glomerulosa
d. Zona fasciculata
Answer: b
What is the classification of the pancreas?

a. Mixed
b. Endocrine
c. Exocrine
d. Both endocrine and exocrine
Answer: d
Where in the pancreas are islets of Langerhans most numerous?

a. Head
b. Body
c. Tail
d. Evenly distributed
e. Depends on the individual
Answer: c

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the endocrine system?

What type of hormone is testosterone?

What organ is nicknamed the "master gland"

What cell type secretes ACTH?

Where is corpora arenacea found?

Which gland secretes melatonin?

Which cell type are involved in the secretion thyroglobulin?

Where is insulin secreted from?

Which of the following is part of the adrenal gland?

Which part the adrenal gland secretes glucocorticoids?

What connects the pituitary to the hypothalamus?

Which of the following is not part of the adenohypophysis?

What cell type secretes prolactin?

Which of the following cells can be classified as an acidophil?

Which gland secretes calcitonin?

Which cell type are also called C cells?

Which of the following is a component of the adrenal medulla?

What are the cells of the pineal gland called?

What type of hormone is prolactin?

Where are tropic hormones secreted from?

Which of the following is not part of the neurohypophysis?

What cell type secretes MSH?

Which of the following cells can be classified as an acidophil?

Which gland secretes epinephrine?

Which gland secretes cortisol?

Which cell type is found in the adrenal medulla?

Where is pancreatic polypeptide secreted from?

What type of hormone is antidiuretic hormone?

Where is oxytocin secreted from?

What cell type secretes LH?

Which of the following cells can be classified as a basophil?

Which gland secretes T3?

Which gland secretes sex steroids?

Which of the following is the exocrine portion of the pancreas?

Where is somatostatin secreted from?

What cell of the parathyroid gland is also called a "chief cell"?

Where is antidiuretic hormone (ADH) secreted from?

What cell type secretes FSH?

Which of the following cells can be classified as a basophil?

Which gland secretes norepinephrine?

What is corpora arenacea?

What gland secretes aldosterone?

Which of the following is the outer layer of the adrenal cortex?

What type of hormone is estradiol?

What is another term for the anterior lobe of the pituitary?

What cell type secretes growth hormone?

Which of the following cells can be classified as a basophil?

Where is the endocrine portion of the pancreas housed?

Which gland secretes glucagon?

Which cell type secretes calcitonin?

Which of the following is the inner layer of the adrenal cortex?

What type of hormone is epinephrine?

What is another term for the posterior lobe of the pituitary?

What cell type secretes TSH?

Which of the following cells can be classified as a basophil?

Which gland secretes insulin?

Which part the adrenal gland secretes sex steroids?

What is the classification of the pancreas?