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Coordination depends on receptors, neurons, synapses and nerve impulses, with reflex actions traced through the reflex arc and the roles of major brain regions. Chemical coordination covers endocrine glands and hormones, including how hormones regulate growth, metabolism, reproduction and internal balance, unlike rapid nervous control.

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  • A. Progesterone
  • B. Estrogen
  • C. Cortisol
  • D. Testosterone

Explanation: Corpus luteum produces the hormone progestrone, which develops the endometrium.

Correct answer: Progesterone
  • A. Competition
  • B. Feedback mechanism
  • C. Inhibition
  • D. Antagonizing

Explanation: Hormones often regulate each other through feedback mechanisms. Feedback can be either positive (enhancing hormone release) or negative…

Correct answer: Feedback mechanism
  • A. Diseased adrenal medulla
  • B. Diseased pancreas
  • C. Diseased adrenal cortex
  • D. Diseased thymus

Explanation: The active uptake of sodium in the ascending limb or thick loop of Henle is promoted by the action of aldosterone, the hormone secreted by…

Correct answer: Diseased adrenal cortex
  • A. Ovary
  • B. Uterus
  • C. Pituitary gland
  • D. Placenta

Explanation: A chorionic gonadotropin hormone (CG or hCG) is primarily secreted by the placenta during pregnancy.

Correct answer: Placenta
  • A. Thyroid
  • B. Adrenal medulla
  • C. Thymus
  • D. Adrenal cortex

Explanation: Adrenal cortex secretes the androgen hormone. Androgens cause development of the secondary male characteristics.

Correct answer: Adrenal cortex
  • A. Testis
  • B. Sub-maxillary
  • C. Ovary
  • D. Parathyroid

Explanation: Sub-maxillary also called submandibular glands are located in the oral cavity and the major duct in these is the Wharton duct, they…

Correct answer: Sub-maxillary
  • A. FSH
  • B. LH
  • C. Progesterone
  • D. STH

Explanation: Estrogen secretion is primarily under the control of Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), which is a hormone produced by the pituitary…

Correct answer: FSH
  • A. ADH
  • B. Oxytocin
  • C. Thyroxin
  • D. MSH

Explanation: Oxytocin is a hormone that is secreted in response to distension of the cervix during childbirth.

Correct answer: Oxytocin
  • A. Vasopressin
  • B. Thyroxine
  • C. Insulin
  • D. Progesterone

Explanation: A lack of Vasopressin (also called ADH) produce diabetes insipidus, characterized by production of large quantities of dilute urine and…

Correct answer: Vasopressin
  • A. Steroids
  • B. Tyrosine derivatives
  • C. Polypeptides
  • D. Amino acids

Explanation: LH and ICSH are glycoprotein hormones, which means they are composed of both protein and carbohydrate components.

Correct answer: Polypeptides
  • A. Hypothalamus
  • B. Pituitary gland
  • C. Adrenal cortex
  • D. Adrenal medulla

Explanation: Addison's disease is caused by the excess secretion of MSH. Since the Adrenal medulla does not control the inhibition of its secretion, it…

Correct answer: Adrenal medulla
  • A. Glucose
  • B. Secretin
  • C. Gastrin
  • D. Bile

Explanation: Secretin is a hormone that is released from the small intestine in response to the presence of acidic chyme (partially digested food)…

Correct answer: Secretin
  • A. Norepinephrine
  • B. Cortisol
  • C. Epinephrine
  • D. Glucagon

Explanation: Epinephrine (adrenaline) is released in stress situation it dilates blood vessels in certain parts of the body such as the skeletal…

Correct answer: Epinephrine
  • A. Dendrite
  • B. Cell body
  • C. Axon
  • D. Ganglion

Explanation: Dendrites are branch-like structures extending from the cell body of a neuron.

Correct answer: Dendrite
  • A. Sensory
  • B. Associative
  • C. Motor
  • D. Unipolar

Explanation: Relay neurons are responsible for relaying signals between sensory neurons and motor neurons or between other interneurons.

Correct answer: Associative
  • A. Nerve cells
  • B. Non-myelinated nerve fibers
  • C. Myelinated nerve fibers
  • D. Connective

Explanation: White matter in the CNS is primarily composed of myelinated nerve fibers.

Correct answer: Myelinated nerve fibers
  • A. Detect irritability
  • B. Responsiveness
  • C. Sensitivity
  • D. All A, B, C

Explanation: Nervous tissue is responsible for detecting irritability, responsiveness, and sensitivity in the body.

Correct answer: All A, B, C
  • A. Skin
  • B. Hypothalamus
  • C. Adrenal Gland
  • D. Pituitary

Explanation: Hypothalamus regulates the changes in body temperarue so, is called the thermoregulatory center.

Correct answer: Hypothalamus
  • A. Skeletal muscles
  • B. Cardiac muscles
  • C. Smooth muscles
  • D. All A, B, C

Explanation: Different neurons have different jobs. For example, sensory neurons send information from the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin to the…

Correct answer: All A, B, C
  • A. Mechanoreceptors
  • B. Chemoreceptors
  • C. Photoreceptors
  • D. Pressure receptors

Explanation: The chemoreceptors in the hypothalamus are sensitive to changes in the levels of carbon dioxide, oxygen, and pH in the blood.

Correct answer: Chemoreceptors