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?
