Chapter 17 Quiz (Part 2)
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.