Finals: Endocrine System

Question 0

Zinc is associated with the storage of what hormone

Answer 0

Insulin

Question 1

Where are pituicytes located

Answer 1

Neurohypophysis

Question 2

Another name for anterior pituitary

Answer 2

Adenohypophysis

Question 3

What gland is responsible for the secretion of calcitonin

Answer 3

Thyroid

Question 4

What hormone is an antagonist to PTH

Answer 4

Calcitonin

Question 5

What hormone inhibits GH release

Answer 5

Somatostatin

Question 6

In what part of the pituitary gland are the crypts, remnants of rathke’s

Answer 6

Median eminence

Question 7

What organ secretes melatonin

Answer 7

Pineal gland

Question 8

Release of aldosterone by the zona glomerulosa is regulated by what hormone

Answer 8

Angiotensin

Question 9

What hormone besides renin is made in the kidney

Answer 9

EPO

Question 10

Other name for GH

Answer 10

Somatropin

Question 11

What hormone is release by fibers of the nucleus of paraventriculars

Answer 11

Oxytocin

Question 12

What is the precursor of melatonin

Answer 12

Serotonin

Question 13

Somatostatin is secreted by what pancreatic cell

Answer 13

D cells

Question 14

The precursor of epinephrine is the

Answer 14

Norepinephrine

Question 15

Epinephrine is secreted by what part of adrenal gland

Answer 15

Medulla

Question 16

What is the name of the cortical region adjacent to the adrenal medulla

Answer 16

Reticularis

Question 17

Where is prolactin produce

Answer 17

Adenohypophysis

Question 18

What hormone acts on the DCT of the kidney to decrease urine volume

Answer 18

ADH

Question 19

Where is MSH produced

Answer 19

Pars intermedia

Question 20

DI results from a deficiency of what hormone

Answer 20

Vasopressin

Question 21

What hormone, as one of its effects, stimulates Leydig cells

Answer 21

LH

Question 22

Addison’s disease is caused by the destruction of what endocrine gland

Answer 22

Adrenal gland

Question 23

Acromegaly is caused by overproduction of what hormone

Answer 23

Growth Hormone

Question 24

What is the main secretion of zona fasciculata

Answer 24

Cortisol

Question 25

What cell secretes calcitonin

Answer 25

C-cell

Question 26

Spermatogenesis is stimulated by what pituitary hormone

Answer 26

FSH

Question 27

Lipotropin (LSH) is produced by what structure

Answer 27

Adenohypophysis

Question 28

What gland is closely regulated by the dark light cycle

Answer 28

Pineal gland

Question 29

What endocrine gland typically exhibits accumulations of fat cells with age

Answer 29

Parathyroid gland

Question 30

Mineralocorticoids are released by what part of the adrenal gland

Answer 30

Zona glomerulosa

Question 62

What cell produces melatonin

Answer 62

Melanocyte

Question 63

What substance is made in the follicular(principal) cells of the thyroid gland

Answer 63

Thyroglobulin

Question 64

Where is corpora arenacea found

Answer 64

Pineal gland

Question 65

Beta-endorphine is related to what part of pituitary gland

Answer 65

Pars intermedia

Question 66

Cells of what part of the adrenal gland are of neural crest origin

Answer 66

Medulla

Question 67

The JG cortex of the lymph nodes contains abundant supply of what type of lymphocytes

Answer 67

T lymphocytes

Question 68

What tonsil other than lingual tonsil is lined by stratified squamous epithelium

Answer 68

Palatine tonsil

Question 69

Where is bilirubin formed

Answer 69

Spleen

Question 70

What lymphoid structure is unique in that it has a cellular rather than a reticular fiber supporting stroma

Answer 70

Thymus