Endocrine System Jeopardy By Shan C, Daniel B, and Adam W Endocrine System Jeopardy

Click here for final jeopardy question! Endocrine Regulation Thyroid Gland Pituitary Gland Pancreas Miscellaneous 100 200 300 400 500

Endocrine Regulation 100 These are chemical signals that communicate regulatory messages within the body. What are hormones?

What is negative feedback? Endocrine Regulation 200 This is a mechanism of response in which a rising hormone level negates the initiating change that triggers the release of the hormone. What is negative feedback?

What is signal transduction pathway? Endocrine Regulation 300 This refers to a series of changes in cellular proteins that convert an extracellular chemical signal to a specific intracellular response. What is signal transduction pathway?

What are growth factors? Endocrine Regulation 400 These are regulators that stimulate cell proliferation and differentiation. What are growth factors?

Endocrine Regulation 500 This refers to protein and peptide local regulators that play a role in immune responses. What are cytokines?

The thyroid is located near the ventral surface of this structure. Thyroid Gland 100 The thyroid is located near the ventral surface of this structure. What is the trachea?

Thyroid Gland 200 This inherited condition of thyroid deficiency results in retarded skeletal growth and poor mental development. What is cretinism?

This is what causes goiter (enlargement of the thyroid). Thyroid Gland 300 This is what causes goiter (enlargement of the thyroid). What is a deficiency in iodine?

These structures of the brain control secretions of the thyroid. Thyroid Gland 400 These structures of the brain control secretions of the thyroid. What are the pituitary gland (anterior) and the hypothalamus?

This hormone, produced by the thyroid, is made of three iodine atoms. Thyroid Gland 500 This hormone, produced by the thyroid, is made of three iodine atoms. What is Triiodothyronine?

What is the posterior pituitary? Pituitary Gland 100 This section of the pituitary gland grows downward towards the mouth during embryo development. What is the posterior pituitary?

What is the anterior pituitary? Pituitary Gland 200 This section of the pituitary gland develops from tissue in embryonic mouth and grows up toward brain. What is the anterior pituitary?

What are tropic hormones? Pituitary Gland 300 These are hormones that regulate and coordinate endocrine signaling in the body and the anterior pituitary . What are tropic hormones?

What are gonadotropins? Pituitary Gland 400 This is another name for the tropic hormones FSH (follicle- stimulating hormone) and LH (luteinizing hormone), which are secreted by the anterior pituitary. What are gonadotropins?

Pituitary Gland 500 This neurohormone induces the cells in the uterine muscles to contract during birth and causes the mammary glands to eject milk. Its production is an example of positive feedback. What is oxytocin?

The beta cells of the pancreas produce this hormone. What is insulin?

Pancreas 200 This best known of the endocrine disorders is caused by a deficiency of insulin or a decreased response to insulin target tissues. What is diabetes mellitus?

The alpha cells of the pancreas produce this hormone. What is glucagon?

These are clusters of endocrine cells in the pancreas. What are the islets of Langerhans?

This organ in the body takes up glucose and stores it as glycogen. Pancreas 500 This organ in the body takes up glucose and stores it as glycogen. What is the liver?

The adrenal medulla produces these two catecholamines. Miscellaneous 100 The adrenal medulla produces these two catecholamines. What are epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline)?

This is the primary androgen produced by the testes. Miscellaneous 200 This is the primary androgen produced by the testes. What is testosterone?

What is Graves’ disease? Miscellaneous 300 This is the most common form of hyperthyroidism (excessive secretion of hormones) in humans. What is Graves’ disease?

Miscellaneous 400 The parathyroid glands produce calcitonin and parathyroid hormone, which regulate ions of this element in the blood. What is calcium?

The pineal gland secretes this hormone that regulates biorhythms. Miscellaneous 500 The pineal gland secretes this hormone that regulates biorhythms. What is melatonin?

What is paracrine (signaling)? Final Jeopardy! This is a form of cell signaling in which the target cell is near the signal-releasing cell. What is paracrine (signaling)?