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SCN1111 Endocrine Quiz With Complete SolutionsHow is hormonal secretion typically regulated?
Endocrine reflex
Positive feedback loop
Negative feedback loop
Endocrine feedback loop - Answer Negative feedback loop
Which of the following are the types of cells that hormones, sent by secreting cells
signal to in the endocrine system?
Neurons
Basal cells
Target cells
Effector cells - Answer Target cells
To what could all glands of the body be categorized as?
Exocrine or holocrine
Exocrine or endocrine
Endocrine or apocrine
Endocrine or holocrine - Answer Exocrine or endocrine
What is the purpose of the endocrine system?
Secretion of hormones
Integration of information
Protection against injurious agents
Maintenance of a stable fluid environment - Answer Secretion of hormones
, Which of the following would be an appropriate classification of hormones?
Steroid or cortisol
Steroid or nonsteroid
Protein or nonprotein
Cortisol or glycoprotein - Answer Steroid or nonsteroid
What is the term for the action that occurs between hormones when one hormone elicits
a response that is the opposite of another hormone?
Synergism
Antagonism
Opposability
Permissiveness - Answer Antagonism
If new receptor synthesis occurs at a rate faster than the degradation of old receptors
then the net result is that the target cell has more receptors, and is more sensitive to the
hormone. This is known as what?
Upregulation
Downregulation
First messenger model
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