ENDOCRINE SYSTEM JEOPARDY

By Shan C, Daniel B, and Adam W

Click here for final jeopardy question!

Endocrine

Regulation

Thyroid

Gland

Pituitary Gland

Pancreas

Miscellaneous

100 100 100 100 100

200 200 200 200 200

300 300 300 300 300

400 400 400 400 400

500 500 500 500 500

Endocrine Regulation100

Q: Chemical signals that communicate regulatory messages within the body are called…

A: What are hormones?

Endocrine Regulation200

Q: A mechanism of response in which a rising hormone level negates the initiating change that triggers the release of the hormone.

A: What is negative feedback?

Endocrine Regulation300

Q: A series of changes in cellular proteins that converts an extracellular chemical signal to a specific intracellular response is called a…

A: What is signal transduction pathway?

Endocrine Regulation400

Q: Regulators that stimulate cell proliferation and differentiation are called….

A: What are growth factors?

Endocrine Regulation 500

Q: Protein and peptide local regulators that play a role in immune responses are called…

A: What are cytokines?

Thyroid Gland100

A: The thyroid is located near the ventral surface of which structure?

A: What is the trachea?

Thyroid Gland200

An inherited condition of thyroid deficiency that results in retarded skeletal growth and poor mental development is called…

What is cretinism?

Thyroid Gland300

What is goiter (enlargement of the thyroid) cause by?

What is a deficiency in iodine?

Thyroid Gland400

Which structures of the brain control secretions of the thyroid?

What are the pituitary gland (anterior) and the hypothalamus?

Thyroid Gland500

What hormone, produced by the thyroid, is made of 3 iodine atoms?

What is Triiodothyronine?

Pituitary Gland100

The section of the pituitary gland that grows downward towards the mouth during embryo development is called……

What is the posterior pituitary?

Pituitary Gland200

The section of the pituitary gland that develops from tissue in embryonic mouth and grows up toward brain is called…

What is the anterior pituitary?

Pituitary Gland300

Hormones that regulate and coordinate endocrine signaling in the body and the anterior pituitary are called…

What are tropic hormones?

Pituitary Gland400

The tropic hormones FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone) and LH (luteinizing hormone), secreted by the anterior pituitary, are also known as…

What are gonadotropins?

Pituitary Gland500

A neurohormone called ________ induces the cells in the uterine muscles to contract during birth and causes the mammary glands to eject milk. Its production is an example of positive feedback.

What is oxytocin?

Pancreas100

The beta cells of the pancreas produce the hormone _____________.

What is insulin?

Pancreas200

The best known endocrine disorder, _________, is caused by a deficiency of insulin or a decreased response to insulin target tissues.

What is diabetes mellitus?

Pancreas300

The alpha cells of the pancreas produce the hormone _________.

What is glucagon?

Pancreas400

The clusters of endocrine cells in the pancreas are called….

What are the islets of Langerhans?

Pancreas500

What organ in the body takes up glucose and stores it as glycogen?

What is the liver?

Miscellaneous100

The adrenal medulla produces catecholamines such as ___________ and __________.

What are epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline)?

Miscellaneous200

The testes synthesize androgens, primarily _________.

What is testosterone?

Miscellaneous300

What is the most common form of hyperthyroidism (excessive secretion of hormones) in humans?

What is Graves’ disease?

Miscellaneous400

The parathyroid glands produce calcitonin and parathyroid hormone, which regulate ions of what element in the blood?

What is calcium?

Miscellaneous500

The pineal gland secretes what hormone that regulates biorhythms?

What is melatonin?

Final Jeopardy!

_________ signaling is a form of cell signaling in which the target cell is near the signal-releasing cell.

What is paracrine (signaling)?