BIOD 151 Module 6 Exam Questions and
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• Would you expect a female to have testosterone in their bloodstream?
Explain why or why not. -✓✓Yes, because both men and women have
both sex hormones, but in both male and female the ratios are different.
Men would have more testosterone to produce a deep voice, facial hair
where a woman would have less.
• Label the endocrine glands (A-C)A: _____________B:
_____________C: _____________ -✓✓A-pineal gland
B-hypothalamus
C-pituitary gland
• Explain the concept of positive feedback. Give an example of a
hormone that works through positive feedback. -✓✓Positive feedback is
the action od a hormone increasing it's production of a specific hormone.
An example oxytocin causing the uterus to contract during childbirth.
Postive feed back is stopped when childbirth is over and the uterus no
longer needs to contract.
• This type of hormone is derived from cholesterol: -✓✓Steroid
hormones
• Growth hormone______ -✓✓is produced by the anterior pituitary
gland
• Neurosecretory cells are a part of what endocrine organ? -
✓✓Hypothalamus
• Which hormone production is decreased with sunlight? -✓✓Melatonin
Answers 2026 | Solved and Verified | 100%
Accurate
• Would you expect a female to have testosterone in their bloodstream?
Explain why or why not. -✓✓Yes, because both men and women have
both sex hormones, but in both male and female the ratios are different.
Men would have more testosterone to produce a deep voice, facial hair
where a woman would have less.
• Label the endocrine glands (A-C)A: _____________B:
_____________C: _____________ -✓✓A-pineal gland
B-hypothalamus
C-pituitary gland
• Explain the concept of positive feedback. Give an example of a
hormone that works through positive feedback. -✓✓Positive feedback is
the action od a hormone increasing it's production of a specific hormone.
An example oxytocin causing the uterus to contract during childbirth.
Postive feed back is stopped when childbirth is over and the uterus no
longer needs to contract.
• This type of hormone is derived from cholesterol: -✓✓Steroid
hormones
• Growth hormone______ -✓✓is produced by the anterior pituitary
gland
• Neurosecretory cells are a part of what endocrine organ? -
✓✓Hypothalamus
• Which hormone production is decreased with sunlight? -✓✓Melatonin
