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By Shan C, Daniel B, and Adam W
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM JEOPARDY
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Endocrine Thyroid Pituitary Gland Pancreas
Regulation Gland
Miscellaneous
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Endocrine Regulation
100
 Q: Chemical signals that
communicate regulatory
messages within the body are
called…
 A: What are hormones?
Endocrine Regulation
200
 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 Regulation
300
 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 Regulation
400
 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 Gland
100
 A: The thyroid is located near
the ventral surface of which
structure?
 A: What is the trachea?
Thyroid Gland
200
 An inherited condition of
thyroid deficiency that results
in retarded skeletal growth and
poor mental development is
called…
 What is cretinism?
Thyroid Gland
300
 What is goiter (enlargement of
the thyroid) cause by?
 What is a deficiency in iodine?
Thyroid Gland
400
 Which structures of the brain
control secretions of the
thyroid?
 What are the pituitary gland
(anterior) and the
hypothalamus?
Thyroid Gland
500
 What hormone, produced by
the thyroid, is made of 3 iodine
atoms?
 What is Triiodothyronine?
Pituitary Gland
100
 The section of the pituitary
gland that grows downward
towards the mouth during
embryo development is
called……
 What is the posterior pituitary?
Pituitary Gland
200
 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 Gland
300
 Hormones that regulate and
coordinate endocrine signaling
in the body and the anterior
pituitary are called…
 What are tropic hormones?
Pituitary Gland
400
 The tropic hormones FSH
(follicle-stimulating hormone)
and LH (luteinizing hormone),
secreted by the anterior
pituitary, are also known as…
 What are gonadotropins?
Pituitary Gland
500
 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?
Pancreas
100
 The beta cells of the pancreas
produce the hormone
_____________.
 What is insulin?
Pancreas
200
 The best known endocrine disorder,
_________, is caused by a deficiency of insulin
or a decreased response to insulin target
tissues.
 What is diabetes mellitus?
Pancreas
300
 The alpha cells of the pancreas
produce the hormone
_________.
 What is glucagon?
Pancreas
400
 The clusters of endocrine cells
in the pancreas are called….
 What are the islets of
Langerhans?
Pancreas
500
 What organ in the body takes
up glucose and stores it as
glycogen?
 What is the liver?
Miscellaneous
100
 The adrenal medulla produces
catecholamines such as
___________ and __________.
 What are epinephrine
(adrenaline) and
norepinephrine
(noradrenaline)?
Miscellaneous
200
 The testes synthesize
androgens, primarily
_________.
 What is testosterone?
Miscellaneous
300
 What is the most common
form of hyperthyroidism
(excessive secretion of
hormones) in humans?
 What is Graves’ disease?
Miscellaneous
400
 The parathyroid glands
produce calcitonin and
parathyroid hormone, which
regulate ions of what element
in the blood?
 What is calcium?
Miscellaneous
500
 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 signalreleasing cell.
 What is paracrine (signaling)?