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The zona reticularis of the suprarenal cortex produces ______

androgens

The main action of _____ hormone is increased water conservation by kidneys

antidiuretic

Calcium ions serve as messengers often in combination with the intracellular protein called ____

calmodulin

The suprarenal medulla produces ____

catecholamines

A hormone that promotes gluconeogenesis in the liver is ______

cortisol

Excess secretion of growth hormone during early development will cause _____

gigantism

If a diabetic patient receives too much insulin, the low blood sugar could be corrected by injecting ____

glucagon

If adenyl cyclase activity of liver cells is missing which hormone could no longer stimulate release of glucouse

glucagon

Cushings disease results from an excess of _____

glucocorticoids

The zona fasciculata of the suprarenal cortex produces ________

glucocorticoids

____ are dominant in the resistance phase

glucocorticoids

Exhaustion phase

homeostatic regulation breaks down

The hormone oxytocin is produced in the _______

hypothalamus

The zona glomerulosa of the suprarenal cortex produces ____

mineralocorticoids

Neurons of the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus manufacture ADH and ___

oxytocin

Hormones can be divided into different groups based on their chemistry. These categories include peptides, _____, eicosanoids, and amino acid derivatives

steroids

why is it that steroid hormones use receptors inside of target cells where as protein peptide and amino acid hormones do not?

steroids can cross the cell membrane because they are lipids and the membrane is lipid

All ___ cells have hormone receptors

target

Hormones known as "catecholamines" are derivatives of the amino acid ____

tyrosine

ADH is to _____

vasopressin

The primary function of ADH is to ____ the amount of water lost at the kidneys

Decrease

_____ is dominant in the alarm phase

Epinephrine

The pituitary hormone that promotes egg development in ovaries and sperm development in testes is _____

FSH

The link between a first messenger and a second messenger in a cell that responds to peptide hormones is usually a ____

G protein

Secretory cells of the adenohypophysis release FSH, TSH, ACTH and ____

GH

Resistance phase

Glucocorticoids are released

The hormone produced by the pars intermedia of the adenohypophysis during early childhood is _____

MSH

The pituitary hormone that triggers the release of thyroid hormone from the thyroid gland is _____

TSH

IF the hypophyseal portal system is destroyed the hypothalamus would no longer be able to control the secretion of which hormones?

TSH ACTH PRLADH

A hormone that helps to regulate the sodium ion content of the body is ______

aldosterone

Pepride hormones are composed of ___

amino acids

Describe (GAS) that constitute the body's response to stress?

1 Alarm 2 Resistance 3 Exhaustion

Resistance phase, glucocorticoids are released to? 1-5

1 mobilize lipid and protein reserves 2 conserve glucose for neural tissue 3 elevate and stablize blood glucose 4 conserve salts and water 5 loose K+ and H+

The posterior pituitary gland secretes ______

ADH

After brain surgery a patient receiving postoperative care in an icu began to pass large volumes of diluted urine, the nurse administers a medicine that mimics which hormone?

ADH

Changes in blood osmotic pressure would most affect the secretion of ___

ADH

The pituitary hormone that causes the kidney to reduce water loss is _____

ADH

The pituitary hormone that promotes ovarian secretion of progesterone and testicular secretion of testosterone is _______

LH

The hormone _____ promotes uterine contractions, is responsible for milk expression from the mammary glands and triggers prostate gland contraction

Oxytocin

Name the organs that contain target cells for oxytocin?

Prostate, ductus deferens, mammary glands and the uterus

After a steroid hormone binds to its receptor to form an active complex gene _____ is initiated

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The hypothalamus acts as both a neural and ____ organ

endocrine

Alarm phase

energy reserves are mobilized and the body prepares itself with "fight or flight" responses

The hormone that dominates during the alarm phase of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS) is ?

epinephrine

The pancreatic hormone that causes blood sugar levels to fall is ____

insulin

Name hormones which are water soluble and therefore bind to extracellular receptors?

insulin and epinephrine

Destruction of the supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus would have what results?

loss of ADH secretion

PRL is to ____ as ACTH is to ____

prolactin

The pituitary hormone that stimulates milk production by the mammary glands is _____

prolactin

Increased aggressive and assertive behavior is associated with an increase in which hormone?

sex hormones

Liver cells respond to growth hormone by releasing hormones called _____

somatomedins

The pituitary hormone that stimulates cell growth and replication by accelerating protein synthesis is ______

somatotropin