The Reproductive System Answers

Which structure can secrete a substance into the environment surrounding the body?

Which exocrine structure is involved in the digestion of fat?

Which function is performed by both goblet cells and lacrimal glands?

A doctor is diagnosing a patient with gigantism. Which of the following sources would be the least helpful in making that diagnosis?

The hypothalamus controls excretions from the pituitary gland. It causes the release of some hormones from the pituitary by direct nervous control, and others by secreting releasing and inhibiting factors that stimulate the pituitary to secrete hormones. Which best describes the hypothalamus?

Which system is represented by the diagram below?

A doctor is trying to diagnose a patient with dry skin. Which of the following resources would be the most helpful?

Which of the following best describes homeostasis?

Which statement best describes hormones?

Which symptom would a person whose parathyroid is not functioning properly have?

A doctor is trying to diagnose a patient with short stature. She plots the girl’s growth in red on the growth chart below to compare it to the typical growth rates, which are shown in black.Based on the data, which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

Some glands affect multiple functions in the body, and other glands are more specialized. Consider these endocrine glands: adrenals, liver, pancreas, pituitary, salivary, and thyroid. The table categorizes these glands according to the functions they regulate. (Functions are listed in the top row.) Which labels should replace the numbers to correctly complete the table?1Digestion3GrowthAdrenalsPancreasPituitary4PituitarySalivaryAdrenals Pancreas2

Which structure secretes hormones directly into the bloodstream without using a duct?

What would be a symptom of an under-producing lacrimal gland?