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Physiology Practice Test: The Endocrine System - Regulation of Energy Metabolism and Growth
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Physiology Practice Test: The Endocrine System - Regulation of Energy Metabolism and Growth
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1. In order to maintain a positive energy balance, the body must ________.
2. What differentiates sweat produced by apocrine glands from sweat produced by eccrine glands ?
3. Which of the hormones listed below is NOT secreted in response to stress?
4. ________ provide an energy storage that is used primarily in times of starvation and are not metabolized by nervous tissue.
5. What is glucose sparing?
6. The hormone insulin is ________ for the regulation of growth due to its stimulation of ________.
7. What do peripheral thermoreceptors detect?
8. During the absorptive state, the primary energy source for most of the body cells is ________.
9. Which of the following best describes acetyl CoA?
10. Glucose molecules derived from glycogen must be ________ in order to exit a cell.
11. The glycogen that is stored in skeletal muscle cells ________.
12. Which of the following best describes the location and function of lipoprotein lipase?
13. Following an increase in body temperature, which of the following responses will NOT occur?
14. Shivering to increase body temperature is characterized by ________.
15. The calorigenic action of thyroid hormone is mediated by ________.
16. The increase in bone thickness stimulated by growth hormone involves which of the following?
17. What is the most dense form of energy storage (i.e., contains the most calories per gram)?
18. Which of the following hormones increase blood glucose levels?
19. The growth-promoting functions of growth hormone rely partially on the activity of ________.
20. The increase in the set point of body temperature that occurs during a fever is caused by the release of substances from ________ that affect the hypothalamic temperature set point.
21. In the postabsorptive state, what do most cells use for energy?
22. What type of cell forms cartilage?
23. Which of the following is NOT an action of the hormone glucagon?
24. Growth hormone, directly or through release of insulin-like growth factors, stimulates which of the following?
25. What is the precursor compound located within colloid that is converted into thyroid hormone?

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