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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of these is a steroid hormone? |
| A. | Glucagon |
| B. | Glucocorticoids |
| C. | Insulin |
| D. | Prolactin |
| Answer» C. Insulin | |
| 2. |
What is the function of prolactin? |
| A. | Formation of milk |
| B. | Decreases activity of FSH |
| C. | Decreases activity of LH |
| D. | Increases contractions during childbirth |
| Answer» B. Decreases activity of FSH | |
| 3. |
Hypersecretion of growth hormone in a middle-aged man would lead to ______ |
| A. | addison’s disease |
| B. | gigantism |
| C. | acromegaly |
| D. | dwarfism |
| Answer» D. dwarfism | |
| 4. |
Low secretion of growth hormone results in ______ |
| A. | acromegaly |
| B. | gigantism |
| C. | dwarfism |
| D. | turner’s syndrome |
| Answer» D. turner’s syndrome | |
| 5. |
Where is vasopressin synthesized? |
| A. | Pars intermedia |
| B. | Anterior pituitary gland |
| C. | Posterior pituitary gland |
| D. | Hypothalamus |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Pars intermedia is a distinct structure in humans. True or false? |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 7. |
Which of these hormones is released by the pars nervosa? |
| A. | Luteinizing hormone |
| B. | Prolactin |
| C. | Oxytocin |
| D. | Follicle stimulating hormone |
| Answer» D. Follicle stimulating hormone | |
| 8. |
Which of these hormones is not secreted by the anterior pituitary gland? |
| A. | ACTH |
| B. | TSH |
| C. | PRL |
| D. | MSH |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
What is the pars distalis also known as? |
| A. | Anterior pituitary |
| B. | Posterior pituitary |
| C. | Adrenal cortex |
| D. | Adrenal medulla |
| Answer» B. Posterior pituitary | |
| 10. |
What is the function of somatostatin? |
| A. | Inhibits adrenaline release |
| B. | Inhibits gonadotropin release |
| C. | Inhibits growth hormone release |
| D. | Inhibits epinephrine release |
| Answer» D. Inhibits epinephrine release | |
| 11. |
GnRH is released by the ______ |
| A. | pituitary gland |
| B. | hypothalamus |
| C. | gonads |
| D. | pineal gland |
| Answer» C. gonads | |
| 12. |
Which of these hormones is released by the hypothalamus? |
| A. | Somatostatin |
| B. | Prolactin |
| C. | Melatonin |
| D. | Glucocorticoids |
| Answer» B. Prolactin | |
| 13. |
What are the hormone secreting cells of the hypothalamus called? |
| A. | Mast cells |
| B. | Osteocytes |
| C. | Neurosecretory cells |
| D. | Neuroglia |
| Answer» D. Neuroglia | |
| 14. |
Where is the hypothalamus located? |
| A. | Top of the telencephalon |
| B. | Base of the telencephalon |
| C. | Base of the diencephalon |
| D. | Top of the diencephalon |
| Answer» D. Top of the diencephalon | |
| 15. |
Which of these glands are not endocrine? |
| A. | Pituitary |
| B. | Parathyroid |
| C. | Pineal |
| D. | Parotid |
| Answer» E. | |