BIO 202 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025-
2026
Which hormonesZplay a key regulatory role in the body's long term response to stress?
CORRECT ANSWER Cortisol, hGh, and thyroid hormone
What are common responses of the body to long term stress? CORRECT ANSWER
Lipolysis, Glucogenisis, Protein Catabolism, Sessitized blood vessels, inflammation, high use of glucose to
produce ATP
Endocrine aging affect CORRECT ANSWERSome endocrine glands shrink.
-
production of HGH, thyroid hormones, cortisol, aldosterone, and estrogens decreases with advancing age
.
-blood levels of TSH, LH, FSH, and PTH rise.
-pancreas releasesZinsulin more slowly with age and receptor sensitivity to glucose declines.
Hyperthyroidism during adulthood can produce whatZdisorder? CORRECT ANSWERMyxedema
inadequate dietary iodine intake will cause whatZ CORRECT ANSWERGoiter
WhatZis an abnormal condition of excess antigen secretion CORRECT ANSWERHirutism
AZcondition characterized by excessive development of mammary glands in a male is called
CORRECT ANSWERGynecomastia
Human ChorionicZGonadotrophin (hCg) is produced by what CORRECT ANSWERPlacenta
Leptin is a hormone produced by what CORRECT ANSWERadipose tissues
, Which germ layer does the thyroid gland develop during embryonicZdevelopment CORRECT
ANSWER ectoderm
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025-
2026
Which hormonesZplay a key regulatory role in the body's long term response to stress?
CORRECT ANSWER Cortisol, hGh, and thyroid hormone
What are common responses of the body to long term stress? CORRECT ANSWER
Lipolysis, Glucogenisis, Protein Catabolism, Sessitized blood vessels, inflammation, high use of glucose to
produce ATP
Endocrine aging affect CORRECT ANSWERSome endocrine glands shrink.
-
production of HGH, thyroid hormones, cortisol, aldosterone, and estrogens decreases with advancing age
.
-blood levels of TSH, LH, FSH, and PTH rise.
-pancreas releasesZinsulin more slowly with age and receptor sensitivity to glucose declines.
Hyperthyroidism during adulthood can produce whatZdisorder? CORRECT ANSWERMyxedema
inadequate dietary iodine intake will cause whatZ CORRECT ANSWERGoiter
WhatZis an abnormal condition of excess antigen secretion CORRECT ANSWERHirutism
AZcondition characterized by excessive development of mammary glands in a male is called
CORRECT ANSWERGynecomastia
Human ChorionicZGonadotrophin (hCg) is produced by what CORRECT ANSWERPlacenta
Leptin is a hormone produced by what CORRECT ANSWERadipose tissues
, Which germ layer does the thyroid gland develop during embryonicZdevelopment CORRECT
ANSWER ectoderm
