BIO 202 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026-2027
Which hormonesZplay a key regulatory role in the body's long term response to stress? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Cortisol, hGh, and thyroid hormone
What are common responses of the body to long term stress? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Lipolysis, Glucogenisis, Protein Catabolism, Sessitized blood vessels, inflammation, high use of glucose to
produce ATP
Endocrine aging affect - CORRECT ANSWER -Some endocrine glands shrink.
-
production of HGH, thyroid hormones, cortisol, aldosterone, and estrogens decreases with advancing age
.
-blood levels of TSH, LH, FSH, and PTH rise.
-pancreas releasesZinsulin more slowly with age and receptor sensitivity to glucose declines.
Hyperthyroidism during adulthood can produce whatZdisorder? - CORRECT ANSWER -Myxedema
inadequate dietary iodine intake will cause whatZ- CORRECT ANSWER -Goiter
WhatZis an abnormal condition of excess antigen secretion - CORRECT ANSWER -Hirutism
AZcondition characterized by excessive development of mammary glands in a male is called -
CORRECT ANSWER -Gynecomastia
Human ChorionicZGonadotrophin (hCg) is produced by what - CORRECT ANSWER -Placenta
Leptin is a hormone produced by what - CORRECT ANSWER -adipose tissues
Which germ layer does the thyroid gland develop during embryonicZdevelopment - CORRECT ANSWER -
ectoderm
, what does endocrine tissues secrete - CORRECT ANSWER -
Secrete hormones. they do not have ducts and secrete their hormonesZdirectly into the Interstitial fluid t
hat surrounds them.
what are common methods of stimulating hormone secretion from an endocrine cell -
CORRECT ANSWER -signals from the nervous system, chemical changes in the blood and other hormones
which organ produces a hormone that promotesZmaturation of T cells? -ZCORRECT ANSWER -Thymus
GeneticZrecombination generates diversity in what parts of the immune system - CORRECT ANSWER -
MHC antigen and antigen receptors
which class of cells includes macrophages, B cells and Dendritic cells - CORRECT ANSWER -
Antigen Presenting Cells
To become activated which requires being bound to a foreign antigen and simultaneous costimulation? -
CORRECT ANSWER -B cell
The inability of the immune system to protect the body from the pathogen causes what? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Immunodeficiency diseases
An acute allergicZresponse can lead to what - CORRECT ANSWER -AnaphylacticZShock
The ability of an antigen to react specifically with the antibodies of cellsZit has provoked is called what -
CORRECT ANSWER -reactivity
Natural passive immunity isZassociated with which of the following - CORRECT ANSWER -
Transfer of IgG from mother to fetus
how blood vessel release histamine - CORRECT ANSWER -
in response to injury, mast cells in connective tissues and basophils and platelets in blood release Histami
ne.
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026-2027
Which hormonesZplay a key regulatory role in the body's long term response to stress? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Cortisol, hGh, and thyroid hormone
What are common responses of the body to long term stress? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Lipolysis, Glucogenisis, Protein Catabolism, Sessitized blood vessels, inflammation, high use of glucose to
produce ATP
Endocrine aging affect - CORRECT ANSWER -Some endocrine glands shrink.
-
production of HGH, thyroid hormones, cortisol, aldosterone, and estrogens decreases with advancing age
.
-blood levels of TSH, LH, FSH, and PTH rise.
-pancreas releasesZinsulin more slowly with age and receptor sensitivity to glucose declines.
Hyperthyroidism during adulthood can produce whatZdisorder? - CORRECT ANSWER -Myxedema
inadequate dietary iodine intake will cause whatZ- CORRECT ANSWER -Goiter
WhatZis an abnormal condition of excess antigen secretion - CORRECT ANSWER -Hirutism
AZcondition characterized by excessive development of mammary glands in a male is called -
CORRECT ANSWER -Gynecomastia
Human ChorionicZGonadotrophin (hCg) is produced by what - CORRECT ANSWER -Placenta
Leptin is a hormone produced by what - CORRECT ANSWER -adipose tissues
Which germ layer does the thyroid gland develop during embryonicZdevelopment - CORRECT ANSWER -
ectoderm
, what does endocrine tissues secrete - CORRECT ANSWER -
Secrete hormones. they do not have ducts and secrete their hormonesZdirectly into the Interstitial fluid t
hat surrounds them.
what are common methods of stimulating hormone secretion from an endocrine cell -
CORRECT ANSWER -signals from the nervous system, chemical changes in the blood and other hormones
which organ produces a hormone that promotesZmaturation of T cells? -ZCORRECT ANSWER -Thymus
GeneticZrecombination generates diversity in what parts of the immune system - CORRECT ANSWER -
MHC antigen and antigen receptors
which class of cells includes macrophages, B cells and Dendritic cells - CORRECT ANSWER -
Antigen Presenting Cells
To become activated which requires being bound to a foreign antigen and simultaneous costimulation? -
CORRECT ANSWER -B cell
The inability of the immune system to protect the body from the pathogen causes what? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Immunodeficiency diseases
An acute allergicZresponse can lead to what - CORRECT ANSWER -AnaphylacticZShock
The ability of an antigen to react specifically with the antibodies of cellsZit has provoked is called what -
CORRECT ANSWER -reactivity
Natural passive immunity isZassociated with which of the following - CORRECT ANSWER -
Transfer of IgG from mother to fetus
how blood vessel release histamine - CORRECT ANSWER -
in response to injury, mast cells in connective tissues and basophils and platelets in blood release Histami
ne.
