BIO202L Exam 1 2025/2026 Exam
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What is an endocrine gland? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a ductless gland that
secretes a substance (a hormone) into the bloodstream
Where are endocrine glands located? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔all throughout the
body: the hypothalamus, pineal gland, pituitary gland, parathyroid glands,
thyroid gland, adrenal glands, heart, thymus, adipose tissue, digestive tract,
kidneys, gonads, and pancreatic islets.
What is the primary type of tissue that makes up an endocrine gland? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Epithelial tissue
,What do endocrine glands do? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Endocrine glands secrete
hormones that regulate sleep, body temperature, hunger, and stress
management. Help keep the body in homeostasis
How does the role of the endocrine system work within other systems? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔The endocrine system and nervous system work together to
control and coordinate our body processes
Hormones have to attach to a cell by using a receptor, only affects cell that
has that specific receptor
How do hormones affect other tissues? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Hormones
circulate through the bloodstream and bind to specific receptors on target
tissues
What has to occur at the target tissue for the hormones activity to be
carried out? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The target tissue must have the appropriate
receptor for the hormone to attach to
How does the hypothalamus know when to secrete on of its hormones? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔When the body is out of homeostasis, the hypothalamus gets
a signal to start secreting specific hormones to bring the body back to
equilibrium.
, What hormones does the hypothalamus secrete? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Growth
hormone releasing hormone (GH-RH), Growth hormone inhibiting hormone
(GH-IH), Thyrotropin (thyroid) releasing hormone (TRH), Gonadotropin
releasing hormone (GnRH), Prolactin releasing hormone (PRH), Prolactin
inhibiting hormone (PIH)
What hormones does the anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis) secrete? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Growth hormone (GH), Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH),
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), Luteinizing hormone (LH), Follicle
stimulating hormone (FSH), Prolactin (PRL), Melanocyte stimulating
hormone (MSH)
What hormones does the posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis) secrete? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Oxytocin, Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
What hormones does the thyroid secrete? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Thyroid
hormone (T3, T4), Calcitonin
What hormones does the parathyroid secrete? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
What is the thymus gland? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gland in the upper chest -
large in children, small in adults - that produces hormones that stimulate
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Questions and Answers | A+ Score
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What is an endocrine gland? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a ductless gland that
secretes a substance (a hormone) into the bloodstream
Where are endocrine glands located? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔all throughout the
body: the hypothalamus, pineal gland, pituitary gland, parathyroid glands,
thyroid gland, adrenal glands, heart, thymus, adipose tissue, digestive tract,
kidneys, gonads, and pancreatic islets.
What is the primary type of tissue that makes up an endocrine gland? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Epithelial tissue
,What do endocrine glands do? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Endocrine glands secrete
hormones that regulate sleep, body temperature, hunger, and stress
management. Help keep the body in homeostasis
How does the role of the endocrine system work within other systems? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔The endocrine system and nervous system work together to
control and coordinate our body processes
Hormones have to attach to a cell by using a receptor, only affects cell that
has that specific receptor
How do hormones affect other tissues? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Hormones
circulate through the bloodstream and bind to specific receptors on target
tissues
What has to occur at the target tissue for the hormones activity to be
carried out? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The target tissue must have the appropriate
receptor for the hormone to attach to
How does the hypothalamus know when to secrete on of its hormones? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔When the body is out of homeostasis, the hypothalamus gets
a signal to start secreting specific hormones to bring the body back to
equilibrium.
, What hormones does the hypothalamus secrete? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Growth
hormone releasing hormone (GH-RH), Growth hormone inhibiting hormone
(GH-IH), Thyrotropin (thyroid) releasing hormone (TRH), Gonadotropin
releasing hormone (GnRH), Prolactin releasing hormone (PRH), Prolactin
inhibiting hormone (PIH)
What hormones does the anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis) secrete? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Growth hormone (GH), Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH),
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), Luteinizing hormone (LH), Follicle
stimulating hormone (FSH), Prolactin (PRL), Melanocyte stimulating
hormone (MSH)
What hormones does the posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis) secrete? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Oxytocin, Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
What hormones does the thyroid secrete? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Thyroid
hormone (T3, T4), Calcitonin
What hormones does the parathyroid secrete? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
What is the thymus gland? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gland in the upper chest -
large in children, small in adults - that produces hormones that stimulate
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