The Endocrine System Chpt 9 Test
What anterior pituitary hormone regulates the endocrine activity of the cortex region of the adrenal gland?
ACTH
Alcohol inhibits the secretion of ...
ADH
What gland releases catecholamines?
Adrenal medulla
Male sex hormones produced by the adrenal cortex
Androgens
Releasing and inhibiting hormones produces by the hypothalamus influence the activities of the ...
Anterior pituitary gland
Which hormone causes the kidneys to reabsorb more water from forming urine and as a result, increases blood volume?
Antidiuretic hormone
What are the two hormones released by the thyroid gland?
Calcitonin and thyroid hormone
The fight or flight response triggers the release of ...
Epinephrine
The hormone that stimulates follicle development by female ovaries and sperm development by male testes is ...
FSH
Without iodine in the diet, people may develop ...
Goiter
Hormones of the hypothalamus stimulate the anterior pituitary gland to secrete its hormones. How would you classify this type of endocrine gland stimulation?
Hormonal
Parathyroid hormones is secreted by the parathyroid glands in response to low blood concentration of calcium ions. This mechanism operates by a ...
Humoral stimulus
What hormone decreases blood glucose levels?
Insulin
What hormone appears to play an important role in establishing the body's sleep-wake cycle?
Melatonin
What two hormones does the hypothalamus make that are stored in the posterior pituitary?
Oxytocin and ADH
What two hormones play a role in promoting the milk reflex and in stimulating and maintaining breast milk production in a nursing mothers breasts?
PRL and oxytocin
Calcitonin is made by what kind of cells in the thyroid gland?
Parafollicular
Which endocrine gland is most closely associated with the hypothalamus?
Pituitary
Where are the parathyroid glands located?
Posterior surface of the thyroid gland
Most hormones are ....
Released upon stimulation by other hormones
How would you classify a hormone that is made from cholesterol, such as a sex hormone?
Steroid hormone
In the second messenger system, what serves as the first messenger?
The hormone
What is the target organ of thyrotropic hormone?
Thyroid
ACTH
adrenocorticotropic hormone
ADH
antidiuretic hormone
What hormone is released by the adrenal medulla?
epinephrine
FSH
follicle-stimulating hormone
GH
growth hormone
LH
luteinizing hormone
Where is calcitonin made?
parafollicular cells of thyroid gland
PRL
prolactin
TSH
thyroid stimulating hormone
T4
thyroxine
T3
triiodothyronine
