IBEC Exam Study Questions and
Answers
3 categories of abnormal hair - Answer-Superflous/congenital, hypertrichosis, hirsutism
What is the reason for hypertrichosis? - Answer-Topical stimulation
Who does hirsutism belong to? - Answer-Only female
Where causes hirsutism? - Answer-Systemic stimulation (endocrine system increase in androgens)
Superflous Hair - Answer-Excessive hair not abnormal for their sex/age, simply undesirable socially
Endocrine gland - Answer-A ductless gland that secretes hormones directly into the bloodstream
Osmosis - Answer-Diffusion of water from high concentration to low concentration, to achieve balance
of water pressure between cells
Homeostasis - Answer-Process by which organisms maintain internal balance
,Type of metabolism - Answer-Homeostasis
Hormones - Answer-Chemical messengers that regulate the activities of different body cells
Steroids - Answer-Able to mutate or change DNA structure
Endorphine - Answer-Neurohormone which decreases pain directly
Oxytocin and vasopressin(ADH) - Answer-Neurohormones stored in posterior lobe of pituitary gland
ADH - Answer-Antidiuretic hormone, takes water from kidneys
Diabetes insipidus - Answer-A disease from the hypothalamus in which the secretion of or response to
the pituitary hormone vasopressin is impaired, resulting in the production of very large quantities of
dilute urine, often with dehydration and insatiable thirst
What is the job of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland? - Answer-Secrete
What is the job of the posterior pituitary? - Answer-It stores hypothalamus hormones (Oxytocin and
Vasopressin)
What does the par intermedia(membrane) cells secrete? - Answer-MSH (Melanocytes stimulation
hormone)
Where is melatonin secreted from? - Answer-Pineal gland
, What two glands regulate amount of calcium(Ca) in the blood? - Answer-Thyroid and parathyroid
What does the thyroid gland secrete? - Answer-Calcitonin
What does calcitonin do? - Answer-Lowers blood calcium levels and increases calcium in bones
What does parathormone do? - Answer-Increases blood calcium levels and decreases calcium in bones,
decreases phosphorus is blood
What does parathyroid gland secrete? - Answer-Parathormone
Dermaschlirosis - Answer-Hardening of skin
What hormones regulate metabolism? - Answer-Thyroxine(T4) and triiodothyronine(T3)
What element do T3 and T4 use to build themselves up? - Answer-Iodine
Without which hormone can a person not live? - Answer-T3
What is critinizm? - Answer-Deficiency of Iodine (retardation)
Pancreas - Answer-An ORGAN of the digestive system that produces a fluid that neutralizes stomach
acid and chemicals that help finish digestion
What are langerhens islets? - Answer-Group of cells that secrete pancreatic hormones
Answers
3 categories of abnormal hair - Answer-Superflous/congenital, hypertrichosis, hirsutism
What is the reason for hypertrichosis? - Answer-Topical stimulation
Who does hirsutism belong to? - Answer-Only female
Where causes hirsutism? - Answer-Systemic stimulation (endocrine system increase in androgens)
Superflous Hair - Answer-Excessive hair not abnormal for their sex/age, simply undesirable socially
Endocrine gland - Answer-A ductless gland that secretes hormones directly into the bloodstream
Osmosis - Answer-Diffusion of water from high concentration to low concentration, to achieve balance
of water pressure between cells
Homeostasis - Answer-Process by which organisms maintain internal balance
,Type of metabolism - Answer-Homeostasis
Hormones - Answer-Chemical messengers that regulate the activities of different body cells
Steroids - Answer-Able to mutate or change DNA structure
Endorphine - Answer-Neurohormone which decreases pain directly
Oxytocin and vasopressin(ADH) - Answer-Neurohormones stored in posterior lobe of pituitary gland
ADH - Answer-Antidiuretic hormone, takes water from kidneys
Diabetes insipidus - Answer-A disease from the hypothalamus in which the secretion of or response to
the pituitary hormone vasopressin is impaired, resulting in the production of very large quantities of
dilute urine, often with dehydration and insatiable thirst
What is the job of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland? - Answer-Secrete
What is the job of the posterior pituitary? - Answer-It stores hypothalamus hormones (Oxytocin and
Vasopressin)
What does the par intermedia(membrane) cells secrete? - Answer-MSH (Melanocytes stimulation
hormone)
Where is melatonin secreted from? - Answer-Pineal gland
, What two glands regulate amount of calcium(Ca) in the blood? - Answer-Thyroid and parathyroid
What does the thyroid gland secrete? - Answer-Calcitonin
What does calcitonin do? - Answer-Lowers blood calcium levels and increases calcium in bones
What does parathormone do? - Answer-Increases blood calcium levels and decreases calcium in bones,
decreases phosphorus is blood
What does parathyroid gland secrete? - Answer-Parathormone
Dermaschlirosis - Answer-Hardening of skin
What hormones regulate metabolism? - Answer-Thyroxine(T4) and triiodothyronine(T3)
What element do T3 and T4 use to build themselves up? - Answer-Iodine
Without which hormone can a person not live? - Answer-T3
What is critinizm? - Answer-Deficiency of Iodine (retardation)
Pancreas - Answer-An ORGAN of the digestive system that produces a fluid that neutralizes stomach
acid and chemicals that help finish digestion
What are langerhens islets? - Answer-Group of cells that secrete pancreatic hormones
