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Endocrine System Practice Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which type of anterior pituitary cell secretes human growth hormone?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Somatotrophs in the anterior pituitary secrete human growth hormone (hGH), driving growth unlike thyrotrophs (TSH), gonadotrophs (LH/FSH), lactotrophs (prolactin), or corticotrophs (ACTH). This cellular specificity distinguishes GH's production, key to skeletal and tissue development, contrasting with other pituitary functions.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following is a possible effect of hypersecretion of cortisol?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following bones (marked in the diagram) contains a depression which houses the endocrine gland shown in the diagram?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
The following is a possible progression of which of the following disorders: Inadequate dietary iodine intake → low level of thyroid hormone in blood → increased TSH
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following glands is NOT an endocrine gland?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.