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Bio 169 Practice Questions for Exam 1 (Endo & Repro)


Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?

a. peptide - oxytocin

b. steroid - testosterone

c. steroid - cortisol

d. biogenic amine - insulin

e. protein - parathyroid hormone

2. Which of the following glands and its anatomical location is mismatched?

a. parathyroid - posterior to thyroid

b. thyroid - anterior to trachea

c. adrenal - inferior to kidney

d. pituitary - inferior to hypothalamus

e. pancreas - posterior to stomach

3. Which of the following adrenal hormones acts on the liver to promote gluconeogenesis?

a. androgens

b. aldosterone

c. cortisol

d. norepinephrine

e. epinephrine

4. Most of the volume of the ejaculate is produced by the

a. epididymis

b. ductus (vas) deferens

c. rete testes

d. seminiferous tubules

e. seminal vesicle

5. The uterine phase which results from an increase in estrogen is:

a. the menses

b. the proliferative phase

c. the secretory phase

d. the follicular phase

e. the luteal phase


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