Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Thymosin is essential to the growth and development of T cells.
2. Gynecomastia is the bulging eyeballs associated with Graves' disease.
3. The thyroid hormones adjust the body' metabolic rate.
4. Hirsutism is a term for the condition of having insufficient hair.
5. Excessive hormone production is called hypersecretion.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
Exophthalmos is the bulging eyeballs associated with Graves' disease.
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
Hirsutism is a condition of having an excessive amount of hair.
5. TRUE

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