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Hondros Bio 254 Final Exam QuestionsAnd Answers
Slower - correct answer ✅The Endocrine system is a major controlling
system in the body that works ________ than that of the Nervous
System.
Nervous System - correct answer ✅Other major body system that acts
to maintain homeostasis.
Hormones - correct answer ✅The endocrine system uses chemical
messengers called?
nerve impulses - correct answer ✅The nervous system uses _________
to communicate.
circulatory system - correct answer ✅What system transports
hormones throughout the body?
Receptors - correct answer ✅All cells do not respond to endocrine
system stimulation. Only those that have the proper _________ on their
cell membranes or within their nucleus are activated by the hormone.
Target cells - correct answer ✅The responsive cells of various
endocrine hormones are called?
,Hondros Bio 254 Final Exam Questions
And Answers
Protein or Peptide - correct answer ✅Most hormones are what kind of
molecule?
fat soluble - correct answer ✅There are a few hormones made out of
what type of molecule?
Second messenger - correct answer ✅Non-steroid hormones must
activate a ________ to work within the cell as they are not able to cross
the cell membrane.
DNA expression - correct answer ✅Steroid hormones cause changes to
_______ because their target is within the nucleus.
negative feedback - correct answer ✅The secretion of most hormones
is regulated by what kind of system, causing increasing levels of
hormones to "turn off" its stimulus?
Anterior Pituitary - correct answer ✅The master endocrine gland
because it regulates so many other endocrine glands?
Hypothalamus - correct answer ✅Anterior Pituitary is controlled by
releasing hormones secreted by the what?
,Hondros Bio 254 Final Exam Questions
And Answers
Insulin - correct answer ✅Hormone necessary if glucose is to be taken
up by
cells.
PTH (parathyroid hormone) - correct answer ✅Hormone that regulates
blood calcium level,
released when levels drop.
Aldosterone - correct answer ✅Mineralocorticoid that regulates
sodium
reabsorption by the kidney.
Prolactin - correct answer ✅Necessary for milk production after child
birth.
Thyroid Hormone (T3, T4) - correct answer ✅Hormone(s) that
regulates Basal metabolic rate.
growth hormone - correct answer ✅Stimulates body cell division and
increases length
of bones
, Hondros Bio 254 Final Exam Questions
And Answers
epinephrine and norepinephrine - correct answer ✅Two hormones
released by the adrenal medulla.
Iodine - correct answer ✅Element essential for proper production of
thyroid
hormones (T3/T4)
antidiuretic hormone (ADH) - correct answer ✅Pituitary hormone that
regulates water
reabsorption by the kidney.
Glucagon - correct answer ✅Hormone that increases the breakdown of
glycogen by the liver.
Oxytocin - correct answer ✅Hormone that causes contraction of the
uterine
wall muscles.
Cortisol - correct answer ✅Glucocorticoid released during prolonged
stress
response.
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