Chapter 5 questions Flashcards
Cushing’s syndrome has shown to be a result of…
long-term excess of glucocorticoids
When is melatonin released?
At night
After a meal glucose from the food enters the bloodstream, causing insulin to be released from…
the pancreas
The adrenal medulla releases its hormone in response to…
Sympathetic activity
In general steroid hormones from the peripheral organs ___ the release of hormones from the pituitary through the process of____ feedback.
inhibit; negative
Neurosecretory cells of the hypothalamus release ____ into the bloodstream.
hormones
The appropriate technique for measuring the concentration of a hormone in a sample of blood is…
radioimmunoassay
Based on what we know about meadow voles , which peptide hormone receptor would you expect to show decreased levels in promiscuous human males in comparison to mongamous human males?
Vasopressin.
A cell that releases a hormone that affects the cell nest to it is engaged in ____ communication.
paracrine
What hormone is responsible fort he contraction of the uterus during childbirth?
Oxytocin
_____hormones affect the secretion of other endocrine glands.
Tropic
