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Hormone - Quiz
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  • 1. What are the most commonly prescribed hormones?
A) Thyroxine and vitamin D
B) Glucocorticoids and steroids
C) Estrogens and progestogens
D) Insulin and adrenaline
  • 2. Which medication is typically prescribed for hypothyroidism?
A) Insulin
B) Adrenaline
C) Levothyroxine
D) Estrogen
  • 3. What is a 'pharmacologic dose' of a hormone?
A) An amount equal to the body's natural production
B) A completely synthetic hormone derivative
C) A deficiency of a hormone
D) An amount far greater than naturally occurs in a healthy body
  • 4. What is one therapeutic use of glucocorticoids mentioned in the text?
A) To control hormone concentration
B) To suppress inflammation
C) To treat diabetes
D) To manage hypothyroidism
  • 5. What determines behavior at the neurological level according to the text?
A) External stimuli alone
B) Gene transcription only
C) Hormone concentration
D) Environmental temperature
  • 6. Do hormone concentrations incite behavior directly?
A) Yes, they directly cause all behaviors
B) No, they only function as neurotransmitters
C) No, they increase the probability of an event occurring
D) Yes, they override all external stimuli
  • 7. What is the relationship between behavior and hormone concentration?
A) A one-way street
B) No relationship exists
C) A feedback loop
D) Behavior is only caused by hormones
  • 8. Why are hormone-behavior feedback loops essential?
A) To prevent gene transcription
B) To stop the use of medication
C) To increase inflammation
D) To provide constancy to episodic hormone secretion
  • 9. What is the first stage of reasoning to determine a hormone-behavior interaction?
A) Reintroduction of hormone must bring back behavior
B) Absence of hormone should cause absence of behavior
C) Hormone concentration must remain constant
D) Frequency of behavior should correspond to hormonal source frequency
  • 10. What happens if a behaviorally dependent hormonal source is removed?
A) A new behavior is created
B) The system becomes more stable
C) The behavior is not expected to occur
D) The behavior continues indefinitely
  • 11. What is the expected outcome of reintroducing a missing hormonal source?
A) A decrease in hormone concentration
B) No change in behavior
C) The return of the absent behavior
D) The permanent suppression of the behavior
  • 12. Which substances are often found in local otolaryngology preparations?
A) Insulin equivalents
B) Estrogen creams
C) Thyroxine
D) Pharmacologic equivalents of adrenaline
  • 13. Which of the following are commonly treated with steroids?
A) Autoimmune diseases
B) Hypothyroidism
C) Diabetes
D) Hormonal deficiency
  • 14. What determines the influence of hormones on gene transcription?
A) The speed of hormone secretion
B) The number of external stimuli
C) The efficiency of hormone receptors
D) The type of behavior
  • 15. What is used extensively in dermatological practice?
A) Adrenaline and insulin
B) Progestogens and glucocorticoids
C) Steroid and vitamin D creams
D) Thyroxine and estrogen
  • 16. What was the year of Arnold Adolph Berthold's experiment regarding testes?
A) 1920
B) 1880
C) 1849
D) 1933
  • 17. What did Berthold observe in castrated roosters regarding their behavior?
A) Decreased aggression
B) Larger wattles and combs
C) Increased crowing frequency
D) Enhanced sexual attraction
  • 18. What was the result of placing a removed testis into the abdominal cavity of a rooster?
A) The rooster became sterile but aggressive
B) The rooster developed abnormal behaviors
C) The rooster maintained normal physical anatomy
D) The testis failed to function
  • 19. What hormone was eventually identified as the factor in Berthold's discovery?
A) Auxin
B) Testosterone
C) Adrenaline
D) Estrogen
  • 20. In the 1870s, what did Charles and Francis Darwin study in plants?
A) Root system depth
B) Movement towards light
C) Genetic inheritance of leaf color
D) Rate of water absorption
  • 21. Where is light perceived in a young plant stem according to the Darwins?
A) At the base
B) In the middle of the stem
C) In the roots
D) At the tip
  • 22. Where does the bending occur in a young plant stem responding to light?
A) At the tip
B) In the leaves
C) Lower down the stem
D) At the roots
  • 23. What did the Darwins propose was communicating the direction of light?
A) A magnetic field
B) A transmissible substance
C) A heat gradient
D) An electrical impulse
  • 24. When was the plant hormone auxin finally isolated?
A) 1880
B) 1920
C) 1849
D) 1933
  • 25. What is the name of the first plant hormone discovered?
A) Testosterone
B) Auxin
C) Ethylene
D) Gibberellin
  • 26. Where are hormone-producing cells primarily found?
A) Muscle tissues
B) Endocrine glands
C) Nerve fibers
D) Bone marrow
  • 27. Which of the following is an example of an endocrine gland mentioned in the text?
A) Sweat gland
B) Salivary gland
C) Thyroid gland
D) Lacrimal gland
  • 28. Which method is used to secrete hormones when endocrine glands are signaled?
A) Osmosis
B) Phagocytosis
C) Exocytosis
D) Pinocytosis
  • 29. Which hormone is cited as an example of having systemic physiological effects?
A) Testosterone
B) Estrogen
C) Thyroxine
D) Insulin
  • 30. What is required for the recognition of a hormone by a target cell?
A) Enzyme activation
B) Receptor protein
C) Protein synthesis
D) DNA replication
  • 31. What happens after a signal transduction process occurs in a target cell?
A) Hormone synthesis
B) A cellular response
C) Membrane breakdown
D) Cell death
  • 32. What is the etymological origin of the word hormone?
A) Old Norse
B) Ancient Greek
C) Sanskrit
D) Latin
  • 33. What is an example of an eicosanoid hormone?
A) Insulin
B) Prostaglandins
C) Auxin
D) Ethylene
  • 34. Which of the following is classified as a gas hormone?
A) Epinephrine
B) Nitric oxide
C) Oestrogen
D) Insulin
  • 35. What process is typically activated when a hormone binds to its receptor and triggers a signal transduction pathway?
A) Protein degradation
B) Cell division
C) Gene transcription
D) Photosynthesis
  • 36. How do water-soluble hormones generally act on target cells?
A) Via second messengers on the cell surface
B) By entering the nucleus directly
C) By binding to intracellular receptors
D) By crossing the plasma membrane
  • 37. Brassinosteroids are a type of which hormone class?
A) Polyhydroxysteroids
B) Amines
C) Eicosanoids
D) Peptides
  • 38. What are hormones called that must be activated in certain cells through a series of steps?
A) Steroids
B) Eicosanoids
C) Second messengers
D) Prohormones
  • 39. How does the endocrine system secrete hormones?
A) Through interstitial spaces
B) Using specialized sweat glands
C) Via ducts
D) Directly into the bloodstream
  • 40. Which hormone is mentioned as a potential anticancer drug?
A) Epinephrine
B) Ethylene
C) Brassinosteroids
D) Insulin
  • 41. In what year did Oliver and Schäfer publish their first two reports on adrenal extracts?
A) 1894
B) 1902
C) 1905
D) 1895
  • 42. Who was the professor at University College London collaborating with George Oliver?
A) Claude Bernard
B) Edward Albert Schäfer
C) William Bayliss
D) Ernest Starling
  • 43. Which hormone is frequently and falsely attributed to the work of Oliver and Schäfer?
A) Cortisol
B) Secretin
C) Adrenaline
D) Estrogen
  • 44. Who coined the term 'hormone'?
A) Schäfer
B) Bayliss
C) Starling
D) Oliver
  • 45. In what year did Starling coin the term 'hormone'?
A) 1895
B) 1905
C) 1894
D) 1902
  • 46. How are hormones defined according to the text?
A) Chemically
B) Structurally
C) Functionally
D) Geographically
  • 47. In which types of organisms do hormones occur?
A) Only animals
B) Only plants
C) Multicellular organisms
D) Only unicellular organisms
  • 48. Which of these is NOT listed as a group where hormones occur?
A) Fungi
B) Plants
C) Viruses
D) Brown algae
  • 49. What type of molecule is the juvenile hormone found in insects and crustaceans?
A) Steroid
B) Glycoprotein
C) Sesquiterpenoid
D) Polypeptide
  • 50. What is a common secondary messenger involved in signal transduction?
A) ATP
B) Cyclic AMP
C) Sodium ion
D) Glucose
  • 51. Where are the receptors for steroid or thyroid hormones typically located?
A) Outside the cell
B) In the extracellular matrix
C) Embedded in the cell membrane
D) Inside the cytoplasm
  • 52. Which plant hormone is mentioned in the text?
A) Abscisic acid
B) Juvenile hormone
C) Eicosanoid
D) Adrenaline
  • 53. What mechanism describes protein hormones interacting with intracellular receptors in the cytoplasm or nucleus?
A) Autocrine
B) Intracrine
C) Endocrine
D) Paracrine
  • 54. How do hormones maintain the internal environment of the body?
A) Homeostasis
B) Neurotransmission
C) Apoptosis
D) Metabolism
  • 55. What can a cell do if it has multiple receptors for the same hormone?
A) Stop hormone production
B) Activate different signal transduction pathways
C) Destroy the hormone
D) Increase cell size indefinitely
  • 56. Besides the cytoplasm, where can steroid receptors sometimes be found?
A) Golgi apparatus
B) Plasma membrane
C) Lysosome
D) Nucleolus
  • 57. What is one of the effects hormones have on the immune system?
A) Genetic modification
B) Total removal
C) Activation or inhibition
D) Transformation
  • 58. Which of the following is a plant hormone?
A) Progesterone
B) Thyroxine
C) Cortisol
D) Ethylene
  • 59. What are hormones that stimulate the hormone production of other endocrine glands called?
A) Prohormones
B) Tropic hormones
C) Antagonists
D) Local hormones
  • 60. What are competing ligands that inhibit hormone effects called?
A) Effectors
B) Prohormones
C) Antagonists
D) Tropic hormones
  • 61. How does the speed of neural signals compare to hormonal signals at an equivalent distance?
A) Neural signals are slower.
B) They travel at the exact same speed.
C) Hormonal signals are much faster.
D) Neural signals are much faster.
  • 62. What is the nature of the neural signaling action?
A) Analog-only.
B) Continuously variable.
C) Dependent on concentration.
D) All-or-nothing (digital).
  • 63. What type of cells produce neurohormones?
A) Red blood cells.
B) Neuroendocrine cells.
C) Only neurons.
D) Only endocrine tissue.
  • 64. What is the role of thyroxine in the body?
A) Regulating electrical signals.
B) Regulating the metabolic rate.
C) Regulating blood pressure.
D) Regulating neural speed.
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