BSC2086- Endocrine System Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions | Latest Update

BSC2086- Endocrine System Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions | Latest Update




QUESTION
Endocrine System

Answer:
Bodily system responsible for maintaining homeostasis using chemical messengers only.

QUESTION
Nervous System

Answer:
Bodily system responsible for maintaining homeostasis using chemical messengers and nerve
impulses.

QUESTION
Hormone

Answer:
The name for the specific chemical messenger used by the endocrine system.

QUESTION
Ductless, ducts

Answer:
Endocrine glands are _______, whereas exocrine glands have_________.

QUESTION
Pituitary, pineal, thyroid and adrenal

Answer:
Name the four MAJOR endocrine glands

, QUESTION
Hypothalamus

Answer:
Organ of the brain that s responsible for controlling homeostasis, metabolism, growth and
development.

QUESTION
Autonomic Nervous System and Hormones

Answer:
the two "tools" the hypothalamus uses to make the adjustments and maintain homeostasis.

QUESTION
9

Answer:
the number of hormones the hypothalamus synthesizes.

QUESTION
Oxytocin (OT) & Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)

Answer:
2 hormones made by hypothalamus and stored in the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland.

QUESTION
Glandular Epithelium

Answer:
type of tissue composing the anterior pituitary gland

QUESTION
Nervous tissue

Answer:
type of tissue composing the posterior pituitary gland.

QUESTION
Infundibulum

Answer:
the "stalk" that connects the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus