Chapter 17 Quiz (Part 2)

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kidneys

Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) targets the

stress

Any situation that upsets homeostasis and threatens one's physical or emotional well-being is called ____

action of COX

Aspirin and ibuprofen block the _____

The ovary

Which of the following organs has both endocrine and exocrine functions?

Both type I and type II DM are characterized by lack of, or low levels of insulin

Which of the following statements about diabetes mellitus is false?

Paracrines

_____ are secreted by one cell into the tissue fluid, diffuse to nearby cells in the same tissue, and stimulate physiology.

ACTH

Which hormone stimulates glucocorticoid secretion?

Estrogen

Which of the following enters a target cells nucleus and acts directly on the genes?

Up-regulation

Which of the following is an increase in the number of receptors making a target cell more sensitive to a hormone?

Hypoglycemia

Which of the following is not a characteristic of diabetes mellitus?

liver; kidneys

Circulating hormones are mostly taken up and degraded by the _____ and the ____

arachidonic acid

Eicosanoids are derived from _____-

glucagon; raises

Many hours after a meal, alpha cells in the pancreatic islets secrete ______, which _____ blood glucose

monoamine; bound to thyroxine binding globulin (TBG)

T4 and T3 are _______ hormones that are mainly transported _______ in the blood

adrenal cortex; aldosterone

The ____ secrets ______ which promotes sodium and water retention.

Kidney

The ______ is not an endocrine gland, but it has a role in endocrine function.

hypothryoidsm

The absence of iodine in the diet leads to ____

it promotes breakdown of fat and protein

Which of the following is true regarding corisol?

antidiuretic hormone (ADH) hypo-secretion

Diabetes insipidus is caused by

the antagonistic effect

Glucagon increases blood glucose concentration and insulin decreases it. This is an example of _____

acromegaly

Growth hormone (GH) hyper-secretion causes gigantism when it begins in childhood, but it is more likely to cause ____ when it begins in adulthood.


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