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6. What do steroidal hormones do?

  • Diffuse into cells
  • Diffuse out of the cells
  • Cannot enter cells

7. What's the shape of the thyroid gland?

  • Butterfly
  • flower
  • crown
  • heart

8. True or false, the endocrine system is transported by the blood

  • True
  • False

9. How many lobes of the thymus gland is located between the sternum & heart?

  • 4
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

10. How many sets of nerve cells are in the hypothalamus?

  • 4
  • 10
  • 2
  • 1

11. What does the inner zone of the adrenal gland do?

  • makes mineralocorticoids
  • makes androgens
  • makes glucocorticoids

12. Is the nervous system or the endocrine system localised?

  • Nervous system
  • Endocrine system

13. what's the difference between endocrine & exocrine glands

  • endocrine glands have ducts, exocrine glands do not
  • exocrine glands have ducts, endocrine glands do not
  • there are no differences

14. What does the outer zone of the adrenal gland do?

  • makes glucocorticoids
  • makes mineralocorticoids
  • makes androgens

15. What does the middle zone of the adrenal gland do?

  • makes glucocorticoids
  • makes mineralocorticoids
  • makes androgens

16. What are the 2 types of pituitary glands?

  • exterior & posterior
  • anterior & posterior
  • there aren't two types

17. What are the hormones?

  • Steroids, pepsin & amino acids
  • Peptides, amines & steroids
  • Amino acids & pepsin
  • Peptides & amines

18. what does the pituitary gland work with in the brain?

  • Occipital lobe
  • parietal lobe
  • Hypothalamus
  • Frontal lobe