- True/False. The thyroid gland helps regulate blood calcium levels.
- True/False. Prolactin is often known as the growth hormone.
- True/False. Thyroxine increases oxygen use, which in turn increases metabolism.
- Multiple choice. Which of the following is also known as adrenalin?
- True/False. The endocrine system works primarily with the digestive system to regulate body activities.
- True/False. Hyposecretion of insulin can result in too much sugar being present in the blood.
- True/False. The pituitary glands produce the growth hormones.
- The calcaneal tendon (Achilles tendon) is the largest tendon in the body.
- In order to propel food down to the esophagus, the pharyngeal constrictor muscles are used.
- The major head flexors are the sternocleidomastoid muscles, with the help of the muscles attached to the hyoid bone.
- The soleus is an antagonist of the gastrocnemius during plantar flexion.
- True/False. Hormones are chemical messengers that are transported to every part of the body, even though they probably won't affect every part of the body.
- True/False. The secretions of the adrenal medulla are controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, which helps the body adjust to stressful or frightening situations.
- True/False. The thyroid gland produces hormones that regulate metabolism.
- True/False. Gonadotropic hormones, which act as feedback mechanisms for hormones secreted by the gonads, are created by the thyroid gland.
- In humans, separation of the cells at the two-cell state following fertilization may lead to the production of twins, which in this case would be ________.
- The constancy of the chromosome number from one cell generation to the next is maintained through ________.
- True/False. The quantities of most hormones are controlled by another hormone, and a dynamic equilibrium (homeostasis) is maintained.
- True/False. Connection to Lesson 35: The lymph nodes are major hormone-producing glands.
- This system is a series of ducts filled with hormonal fluid that transport hormones throughout the body.