Chapter 7

Question 1

Hypersecretion

Answer 1

Too much hormone secreted for the prevailing conditions

Question 2

Primary hypersecretion

Answer 2

Secreting organ, gland 3, produces too much hormone

Question 3

Secondary hyperseecretion

Answer 3

tropic hormones are produced at too high of level

Question 4

How to figure out if it is primary or secondary?

Answer 4

-do a blood test
-Primary is going to have Hormone 3 high while the others are low
Secondary- Multiple hormones are going to be high

Question 5

Hyposecretion

Answer 5

Too little hormone secreted for the prevailing conditions

Question 6

Primary hyposecretion

Answer 6

secreting organ, gland #3, fails

Question 7

Secondary hyposecretion

Answer 7

tropic hormones are too low

Question 8

Hyporesponsiveness

Answer 8

Cellular receptors do not respond to appropriate levels of hormone

Question 9

How do receptors not respond appropriately

Answer 9

-Receptors are defective
-lack of receptors

Question 10

Hyperresponsiveness

Answer 10

Gland over respond to appropriate levels of hormone

Question 11

Does the body have a single pathway for everything? This response does this etc.

Answer 11

No, one stimulus can cause multiple different kinds of responses