chapter 10

Insulin

Beta cells of the pancreas produce which hormone

Ovulation

Luteinizing hormone (LH) causes

calcium

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) will increase blood levels of

interstitial cells

What cells produce androgens in the testes??

Receptor

What is the name for the structure that is sensitive to changes in stimuli?

beta cells

What is the name of the pancreatic cells that produce insulin?

Phospholipids

What kind of lipid consists of two hydrophobic fatty acids and a hydrophilic nonlipid head?

dehydration synthesis

What kind of reaction joins together two monosaccharides to form a disaccharide such as sucrose?

Aldosterone

Which is a mineralocorticoid hormone?

Erythropoietin

is released by the kidney in response to low oxygen levels in the kidney.

ACTH

stimulates the release of steroid hormones by the adrenal cortex?

antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

A rise in the concentration of solutes in the blood or a fall in the blood volume will cause the release of

glucocorticoids

Cushing's disease is caused by a hypersecretion of what hormones?

thyroxine (T4)

Iodine is extremely important in the formation of what hormone?