Endocrine system

Endocrine System Quiz

Test your knowledge on the fascinating endocrine system with our comprehensive quiz. This interactive quiz covers various aspects, including hormones, glands, and their functions.

Whether you're a student or a teacher, dive into these engaging questions and expand your understanding of:

Hormonal functions
Glandular structures
Interrelated systems in the body

16 Questions4 MinutesCreated by LearningAtlas231

What is right about POMC

Precursor for ACTH

Accumulated in colloid of thyroid follicles

Released from neurohypophysis

Produced by corticotropic cells

Find true sentence/s

Type A cells of Langerhans islets produce glucagon

Parafollicular or C cells produce and release calcitonin

Herring bodies accumulate oxotocin

Steroid-producing cells can be found in adrenal cortex

Pars intermedia of hypophysis contains acidophilic cells

Herring bodies produce gonadotropin

Find hormone/s produced in the hypothalamus and liberated into the pars nervosa of the hypophysis

Tick endocrine gland/s or structure/s that accumulate/s hormones outside of the cell

Adenohypophysis

Thyroid

Adrenal medulla cells

B-cells of Langerhans islets

Find true sentence/s

Type A cells of Langerhans islets produce glucagon

Herring bodies accumulate oxytocin (og ADH)

Herring bodies produce gonadotropin

Pars intermedia of hypophysis contains acidophilic cells

Pars intermedia of hypophysis contains basophilic cells

Adrenal gland

Cortex is separated from medulla by connective tissue

Medulla releases and accumulates norepinephrine

Medulla releases and accumulates catecholamines

Zona reticularis of the cortex is ACTH dependent

Medulla releases and accumulates epinephrine

Chromaffin cells of adrenal medulla produce epinephrine

Zona fasciculata is located between glomerulosa and reticularis

Consist of cortex and medulla

True sentence regarding endocrine glands

Thyroglobulin is stored in colloid of thyroid follicle

Type B cells of Langerhans islets produce insulin

Adrenal medulla has 3 layers of cells

ACTH is accumulated in colloid of thyroid follicle

Endocrine system:

Neurohypophysis is composed of hormone producing cells

Adenohyphopysis is composed of hormone producing cells

Type B cells of Langerhans islets produce glucagon

Type A cells of Langerhans islets produce glucagon

Androgens are produced and released of by cells of zona glomerulosa

Parafollicular or C-cells produce and release calcitonin

Neurohypophysis contains axons of hypothalamic neurons and glial cells

Chief cells of parathyroid glands produce parathyroid hormone (PTH)

Pick the true:

Posterior part of Rathke´s pouch develops into pars intermedia

Posterior part of Rathke's pouch develops into infundibulum

Fetal cortex (primitive cortex) of adrenal gland partly undergo involution (degeneration)

Infundibulum give rise to median eminence

Cortex of adrenal glands develop from mesothelium

Infundibulum give rise to pars intermedia

POMC (proopiomelanocortin) is:

Released from neurohypophysis

Secretory product of adrenal cortex cells

Precursor for MSH

Accumulated in Herring bodies

Accumulated in colloid of thyroid follicles

Produced by corticotropic cells

In pars intermedia POMC is also produced

Which structure/s undergoes intense involution (degeneration) during life?

Hypophysis:

Pituicytes are cells of neurohypophysis

In neurohypophysis are unmyelinated axons

Herring bodies store oxytocin and FSH

Pituicytes are cells of adenohypophysis

In pars intermedia POMC is also produced

Oxytocin is stored in Herring bodies

TSH is stored in pars intermedia

TSH is stored in pars nervosa

Herring bodies store oxytocin and ADH

Select true:

Main mass/volume of pancreas is made from dorsal pancreatic bud

Gonadotroph of adenohypophysis developed from ultimobranchial body

Langerhans islets arise from cells of excretory pancreatic ducts

Neurohypophysis arise from neuroectoderm of 3rd ventricle

C cells of thyroid arise from ultimobranchial body

Langerhans islets arise from ultimobranchial body

Main mass/volume of pancreas made of ventral pancreatic bud

Calcitonin:

Works antagostically to PTH

Produced by pars distalis of hypophysis

Produced in pineal gland

Increase storage of calcium in bones

Increase concentration of calcium in blood

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