The Endocrine System Chpt 9 Test

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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


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