ch18 practice exam pt3

adh

after brain surgery, a patient receiving postoperative care in an intensive care unit began to pass large volumes of very dilute urine. the icu nurse administered a medicine that mimics the following hormones

somatomedins

liver cells respond to growth hormone by releasing hormones called

msh

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

oxytocin

the hormone that may be slowly administered by intravenous drip to accelerate labor and delivery is

acth

the pituitary hormone that controls the release of glucorticoids from the suprarenal cortex is

fsh

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

lh

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

somatotropin

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

prolactin

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

tsh

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

adh

the posterior pituitary gland secretes

polyuria

the term used to describe excess production of urine

iodine

which of the following elements is necessary for the production of thyroid hormone

oxytocin

each of the following hormones is produced by the pars distalis of the adenohypophysis, except

adh

pituitary hormone that causes the kidney to reduce water loss is