HOMEOSTASIS
Quiz # 2: Answers

Part A: Multiple Choice
 
1. What hormone converts glucose into glycogen, decreasing the level of sugar in the blood?
c) insulin
 
2. What type of hormone stimulates the release of calcium from the bones to increase calcium levels in the blood?
d) parathyroid
 
3. What type of hormone activates enzymes in the cytoplasm?
e) protein
 
4.   A ductless, hormone producing gland that releases its secretions into the blood
a) endocrine
 
5.  What hormone increases the metabolic rate of body cells
d) thyroxine
 
Part B: True or False
 
1. T
2. F
3. F
4. T
5. F
 

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