Question 1

Your friend puts on a mask and chases you as a prank. Your body responds by releasing epinephrine and norepinephrine, along with other physiological responses. Your friend frightening you is the ________, that cause the body's response.

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Question 2

The thyroid gland has a special ability to remove the element ________ from the blood.

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Question 3

Calcitonin is produced in the ________ gland.

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Question 4

A fetus develops a malformation in the pituitary gland which causes it to lack melanocyte-stimulating hormone. This results in lack of skin and eye coloration, similar to albinism. The malformed portion of the pituitary gland is a structure called the ________.

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Question 5

A hormone whose effects last a long time has a ________ half-life.

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Question 6

The hormone that stimulates the release of growth hormone is called ________.

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Question 7

The ________ gland is located deep between the cerebral hemispheres attached to the roof of the third ventricle.

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Question 8

The condition produced by factors that tend to cause changes in the body's internal environment and threaten its survival is called ________.

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Question 9

The pancreas functions as part of the endocrine system and as a part of the ________ system.

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Question 10

The central region of the adrenal gland is the adrenal ________.

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Quiz 13: Endocrine System