Chapter 45: Hormones and the Endocrine System
 
Activities Quiz
 

Activities Quiz


1 .       Which of these is the second of the three stages of cell signaling? (Activity: Overview of Cell Signaling) 



2 .       Receptors for nonsteroid hormones are located in _____. (Activity: Peptide Hormone Action) 



3 .       Which of these is a nonsteroid hormone? (Activity: Peptide Hormone Action) 



4 .       How do nonsteroid hormones differ from steroid hormones? (Activity: Peptide Hormone Action) 



5 .       Which of these extracellular signal molecules could diffuse through a plasma membrane and bind to an intracellular receptor? (Activity: Steroid Hormone Action) 



6 .       The primary reason steroid hormones usually act slowly is that _____. (Activity: Steroid Hormone Action) 



7 .       Steroid hormone-receptor complexes act in _____. (Activity: Steroid Hormone Action) 



8 .       Which of these glands secretes releasing hormones? (Activity: Human Endocrine Glands and Hormones) 



9 .       Which of these hormones are responsible for the "fight or flight" response to danger? (Activity: Human Endocrine Glands and Hormones) 



10 .       Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) triggers the release of _____ in response to stress. (Activity: Human Endocrine Glands and Hormones) 



11 .       _____ are the main male hormones. (Activity: Human Endocrine Glands and Hormones) 



12 .       What hormone promotes water retention by the kidneys? (Activity: Human Endocrine Glands and Hormones) 



13 .       Which hormone opposes the action of parathyroid hormone? (Activity: Human Endocrine Glands and Hormones) 



14 .       Which hormone stimulates hormone production by the ovaries and testes? (Activity: Human Endocrine Glands and Hormones) 



15 .       Which hormone stimulates milk production? (Activity: Human Endocrine Glands and Hormones) 








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