16 B GRADE A QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER
What is the name for the type of hormone, secreted by the pituitary that regulates other
endocrine organs? - (correct answer)tropins
The parathyroid glands respond to which type of stimulus? - (correct answer)humoral
What hormone released into the blood (shown by letter D) by the posterior pituitary
inhibits or prevents urine formation? - (correct answer)antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) ________ - (correct answer)secretion is inhibited by alcohol
The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland is NOT a true endocrine gland because
________. - (correct answer)It is only a hormone storage area that receives hormones
from the hypothalamus for release
Hypersecretion of what hormone can produce the effects of gigantism in the individual
in the center of this image? - (correct answer)growth hormone (GH)
One of the least complicated of the endocrine control systems directly responds to
changing blood levels of ions and nutrients. Which of the following describes this
mechanism? - (correct answer)humoral stimulation
Which hormone aids in water resorption? - (correct answer)antidiuretic hormone
Which of the following is NOT a category of endocrine gland stimulus? - (correct
answer)enzymatic
Which of the following occurs in situations where more than one hormone produces the
same effects at the target cell and their combined effects are amplified? - (correct
answer)synergism
What is the name for the type of hormone, secreted by the pituitary that regulates other
endocrine organs? - (correct answer)tropins
The parathyroid glands respond to which type of stimulus? - (correct answer)humoral
What hormone released into the blood (shown by letter D) by the posterior pituitary
inhibits or prevents urine formation? - (correct answer)antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) ________ - (correct answer)secretion is inhibited by alcohol
The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland is NOT a true endocrine gland because
________. - (correct answer)It is only a hormone storage area that receives hormones
from the hypothalamus for release
Hypersecretion of what hormone can produce the effects of gigantism in the individual
in the center of this image? - (correct answer)growth hormone (GH)
One of the least complicated of the endocrine control systems directly responds to
changing blood levels of ions and nutrients. Which of the following describes this
mechanism? - (correct answer)humoral stimulation
Which hormone aids in water resorption? - (correct answer)antidiuretic hormone
Which of the following is NOT a category of endocrine gland stimulus? - (correct
answer)enzymatic
Which of the following occurs in situations where more than one hormone produces the
same effects at the target cell and their combined effects are amplified? - (correct
answer)synergism
