SAMPLE ENDOCRINE QUIZ

I. Fill in the blanks which follow. Choose from the terms at bottom of page. Some answers are used more than once, some not at all!

The pituitary is under the control of the (1)           . Another name for the pituitary gland is the (2)            . It is composed of two parts: the anterior portion is called the (3)            because it is composed of (4)             which secrete hormones. The posterior portion is called the (5)           because its hormones are released from (6)          .Control over the anterior pituitary is by means of (7)              while control of the posterior pituitary is through (8)        , both of these originating in #1.

The name for the group of hormones released from the anterior pituitary is (9)          .

10. These hormones include (list all that apply): .

The hormones released from the posterior pituitary include: (11, list all) .

The thyroid is controlled by (12)            from the (13)            .

In response to this control it secretes (list all that apply) (14)             from its follicular cells. The hormone(s) in #14 regulate the body’s (15)                .

The hormone (16)               is released from the thyroid’s parafollicular cells.

Hormone #16 causes (17)           . The hormone which has the opposite effect to #16 is (18)            secreted by the (19)                 .

The stimulus for the secretion of #18 is (20)                .

thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, secretory cells, nerve fibers, neurohypophysis, hypophysis, adenohypophysis, adrenal cortex, adrenal medulla, tropic, hypothalamus, parathryroid hormone (PTH), tropic hormones, T4, T3, releasing and inhibiting hormones, oxytocin, ADH, calcitonin, TSH, ACTH, gonadotropins, lowered blood calcium levels, rising blood calcium levels, Basal Metabolic Rate.

Answers:

1. hypothalamus

2. hypophysis

3. adenohypophysis

4. secretory cells

5. neurohypophysis

6. nerve fibers

7. releasing and inhibiting hormones

8. nerve fibers

9. tropic hormones

10. FSH, LH, TSH, ACTH

11. ADH and Oxytocin

12. TSH

13. adenohypophysis

14. T4 and T3

15. basal metabolic rate

16. calcitonin

17. lowered blood calcium

18. PTH

19. parathyroid

20. lowered blood calcium