The following effects on the body are a result of the secretion of different hormones:
1, 2 and 4
2, 3 and 4
Question 2
1, 3 and 4
1, 2, 3 and 4
The control centre in the body that will be activated when an athlete is dehydrated is the ...
Question 3
pituitary gland
cerebellum
cerebrum
corpus callosum
The hormone that is NOT secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland is ...
Question 4
ADH
LH
FSH
Human growth hormone (hGH)
The gland that acts as both exocrine and endocrine is the ...
Question 5
pancreas
thyroid gland
adrenal gland
mammary gland
Which of the following CORRECTLY represents the events involved in the secretion and action of ADH (antidiuretic hormone)?
Question 6
A worker spent about ten minutes in a walk-in freezer. Below are some of the changes that occurred in his body in response to the drop in external temperature.
Question 7
(iii) - (iv) - (ii) - (i)
(ii) - (i) - (iii) - (iv)
(iii) - (i) - (iv) - (ii)
(iv) - (i) - (ii) - (iii)
1. An increase in the blood glucose level.
2. An increase in the heart rate.
3. An increase in the amount of digestive enzymes.
4. An increase in blood flow to the skeletal muscles.
Which ONE of the following combinations of the above effects is due to adrenalin?
i) Blood vessels in the skin constrict.
ii) Brain reacts.
iii) Skin temperature changes.
iv) Temperature receptors in the skin detect changes.
Which ONE is the correct sequence in which the changes occurred?
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