The Endocrine System, Anatomy Quiz 1

15 questions on the anatomy of the endocrine system :

Organs and parts of the endocrine system

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Reference : Clinically Oriented Anatomy - Moore (Amazon link)

The quiz above includes the adrenal glands, the ovaries, the pancreas, the parathyroid glands, the pineal gland, the pituitary gland, the testes, and the thyroid gland. It also asks the following questions :

The glands of the endocrine system produce ...
A special feature of endocrine glands is that they don’t ...
Endocrine glands secrete hormones directly into ...
Which of the endocrine organs is also an organ of the digestive system?
How big is the pineal gland in an adult human?
Which of the following endocrine glands has an anterior and a posterior portion which produce different hormones?
Which of the following are referred to as the ‘neuroendocrine glands’?

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