A&P 2 FINAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Produces hormones that regulate glucose levels in the body
Answer: Pancreas
◉ Produces a hormone that controls blood levels of calcium and
phosphates by their removal from bone tissue" Answer: Parathyroid
(increases blood calcium levels)
◉ Hyposecretion of Growth Hormone Answer: Pituitary dwarfism
◉ Hormone responsible for milk ejection Answer: Oxytocin
◉ Direct neural connection to the hypothalamus Answer:
Neurohypophysis
◉ Which of these is not one of the ways hormones affect target cells
Answer: Induce ATP-Reductase to polymerize and coagulate
◉ Synthesis of glucose from noncarbohydrate molecules is called
Answer: gluconeogenesis
,◉ The most potent mineralocorticoid and accounts for 95% of the
mineralocorticoids produced Answer: Aldosterone
◉ The name of the system that connects the hypothalamus with the
anterior pituitary gland is: Answer: Hypothalamic portal system
◉ Falling levels of potassium and rising levels of sodium will make
the kidneys secrete __________ amounts of renin Answer: increased
◉ Oxytocin and ADH are made in the hypothalamus but are stored in
the: Answer: Posterior pituitary
◉ Hormones are synthesized and released in response to various
stimuli. Which one of the following is NOT one of the reasons?
Answer: Lipid solubility stimulus
◉ The adrenal cortex has three tissue layers and secretes three
classes of hormones. Which one of the following is NOT one of the
hormone classes? Answer: Lipocorticoids
◉ Which one of these is NOT a SHORT TERM response of the
endocrine system to stress? Answer: Suppression of the immune
system
,◉ Which one of the following is NOT a cardinal sign of Diabetes
Mellitus? Answer: Polynesia
◉ Which one of the following hormones IS NOT SECRETED by the
anterior pituitary Answer: ADH
◉ The order of follicle development in the ovary is: Answer:
Primordial, Primary, Secondary, Vesicular
◉ The innermost lining of the uterus is called the: Answer:
Endometrium
◉ Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) comes from what
tissue and causes what to happen? Answer: Comes from the
Hypothalamus and causes the Anterior Pituitary to secrete FSH and
LH
◉ In spermatogenesis, you have equal division of genetic material
and: Answer: even division of cytoplasm
◉ Synapsis is when: Answer: some homologous chromosome pairs
exchange sections of genetic material
, ◉ A polar body is: Answer: the discarded DNA that is not used for
the developing egg
◉ The two phases of the ovarian cycle are the Follicular Phase and
the: Answer: Luteal Phase
◉ If the egg is fertilized, the corpus luteum: Answer: Continues
producing estrogen and progesterone until the placenta develops
◉ The LH surge at day 14 of the Ovarian cycle does all of the
following EXCEPT: Answer: precipitates ovarian induced
spermatogenesis
◉ Each menstrual cycle, teh Stratum Basalis gives rise to a new:
Answer: Stratum Functionalis
◉ The usual site of embryo implantation is the: Answer: Uterus
◉ The normal diploid number of human chromosomes is: Answer:
46
◉ The blood levels of a hormone and its "half life" depend on all of
the following except: Answer: SP3 hybridization of the carbon atom
electrons
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Produces hormones that regulate glucose levels in the body
Answer: Pancreas
◉ Produces a hormone that controls blood levels of calcium and
phosphates by their removal from bone tissue" Answer: Parathyroid
(increases blood calcium levels)
◉ Hyposecretion of Growth Hormone Answer: Pituitary dwarfism
◉ Hormone responsible for milk ejection Answer: Oxytocin
◉ Direct neural connection to the hypothalamus Answer:
Neurohypophysis
◉ Which of these is not one of the ways hormones affect target cells
Answer: Induce ATP-Reductase to polymerize and coagulate
◉ Synthesis of glucose from noncarbohydrate molecules is called
Answer: gluconeogenesis
,◉ The most potent mineralocorticoid and accounts for 95% of the
mineralocorticoids produced Answer: Aldosterone
◉ The name of the system that connects the hypothalamus with the
anterior pituitary gland is: Answer: Hypothalamic portal system
◉ Falling levels of potassium and rising levels of sodium will make
the kidneys secrete __________ amounts of renin Answer: increased
◉ Oxytocin and ADH are made in the hypothalamus but are stored in
the: Answer: Posterior pituitary
◉ Hormones are synthesized and released in response to various
stimuli. Which one of the following is NOT one of the reasons?
Answer: Lipid solubility stimulus
◉ The adrenal cortex has three tissue layers and secretes three
classes of hormones. Which one of the following is NOT one of the
hormone classes? Answer: Lipocorticoids
◉ Which one of these is NOT a SHORT TERM response of the
endocrine system to stress? Answer: Suppression of the immune
system
,◉ Which one of the following is NOT a cardinal sign of Diabetes
Mellitus? Answer: Polynesia
◉ Which one of the following hormones IS NOT SECRETED by the
anterior pituitary Answer: ADH
◉ The order of follicle development in the ovary is: Answer:
Primordial, Primary, Secondary, Vesicular
◉ The innermost lining of the uterus is called the: Answer:
Endometrium
◉ Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) comes from what
tissue and causes what to happen? Answer: Comes from the
Hypothalamus and causes the Anterior Pituitary to secrete FSH and
LH
◉ In spermatogenesis, you have equal division of genetic material
and: Answer: even division of cytoplasm
◉ Synapsis is when: Answer: some homologous chromosome pairs
exchange sections of genetic material
, ◉ A polar body is: Answer: the discarded DNA that is not used for
the developing egg
◉ The two phases of the ovarian cycle are the Follicular Phase and
the: Answer: Luteal Phase
◉ If the egg is fertilized, the corpus luteum: Answer: Continues
producing estrogen and progesterone until the placenta develops
◉ The LH surge at day 14 of the Ovarian cycle does all of the
following EXCEPT: Answer: precipitates ovarian induced
spermatogenesis
◉ Each menstrual cycle, teh Stratum Basalis gives rise to a new:
Answer: Stratum Functionalis
◉ The usual site of embryo implantation is the: Answer: Uterus
◉ The normal diploid number of human chromosomes is: Answer:
46
◉ The blood levels of a hormone and its "half life" depend on all of
the following except: Answer: SP3 hybridization of the carbon atom
electrons
