Endocrine

Question 1

Where is gastrin produced and what does it act on?

Answer 1

The stomach wall

Question 2

Erythropoeitin is secreted by which organ?

Answer 2

Kidney

Question 3

Where does the pineal gland play a role in?

Answer 3

Regulation of body rythyms

Question 4

Hormone that encourages follicles to develope in the ovaries

Answer 4

FSH

Question 4

synthesis of proteins is an example of?

Answer 4

Anabolism

Question 6

Glucagon is produced by which organ?

Answer 6

Pancreas

Question 7

What links the hypothalmus to the anterior pituitary gland?

Answer 7

A system of tiny blood vessels called a Portal System

Question 7

Thyroid hormone is actually what two hormones?

Answer 7

T₃ (Triiodothyronine) & T₄ (Tetraiodothyronine)

Question 9

Which hormone encourages excess calcium to be deposited in the bones?

Answer 9

Calcitonin

Question 10

Diabetes mellitus is caused by a deficiency of which hormone?

Answer 10

Insulin

Question 10

What can an overdose of insulin cause?

Answer 10

Hypoglycemia

Question 12

What are the two targets for oxytocin?

Answer 12

The uterus and mammary glands.

Question 12

Difference between endocrine and exocrine glands

Answer 12

Endocrine-secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream

Exocrine-secrete their product onto epithelial surfaces through tiny tubes (ducts)

Question 13

What does the GH help regulate?

Answer 13

metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids in all body’s cells

Question 14

What does negative feedbacks systems control?

Answer 14

Hormone secretion

Question 16

Basic unit of the endocrine system

Answer 16

endocrine glands

Question 17

what does the hormone prolactin do?

Answer 17

helps trigger and maintain lactation

Question 18

What 3 groups of hormones are produced in the adrenal cortex

Answer 18

Glucocorticoid hormones

Mineralocorticoid hormones

Sex hormones

Question 19

What is calcitonin ? and where is it produced ?

Answer 19

Hormone that prevents the level of calcium in the blood from getting to high. it is produced in the thyroid gland

Question 20

What is the Calorigenic effect?

Answer 20

Thyroid hormones that help heat the body.

Question 21

What hormones are produced in the anterior pituitary?

Answer 21

GH, Prolactin, TSH, ACTH, FSH, LH, MSH

Question 22

What does parathyroid hormone do?

Answer 22

Maintains homeostasis by preventing Hypocalcemia.

Question 23

What hormone helps regulate the body’s metabolic rate?

Answer 23

Thyroid Hormone

Question 24

Calcitonin helps regulate what?

Answer 24

Blood calcium levels

Question 24

What is the difference between epinephrine and norepinephrine?

Answer 24

Epinephrine is short acting and norepinephrine Similar Hormones related to “Fight or Flight” of the ANS Increased HR, BP, blood flow, output Decrease GI activity Increased BG Bronchioles dilate Pupils dilate

Question 25

What three hormones are produced by the thyroid gland?

Answer 25

1. T3 2. T4 3. Calcitonin

Question 26

Two other names for the pituitary gland

Answer 26

1.) Hypophysis 2.) master endocrine gland

Question 27

What are hormones

Answer 27

Chemical messengers of the body that are produced and excreted by specific cells for the purpose of regulating specific organs or cells.

Question 28

What is fight-or-flight?

Answer 28

A whole-body response resulting from a animal feeling threatened that prepares the body for intense physical activity. It results from a combination of direct sympathetic nerve stimulation and the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine into the blood stream from the medulla of the adrenal gland. effects the body include increased heart rate and out put, increase blood pressure, dilated air passageways in the lungs, and decreased gastrointestinal function.

Question 29

What organ has both exocrine and endocrine functions

Answer 29

The pancreas

Question 30

What hormone affects moods and wake-sleep cycle

Answer 30

Melatonin

Question 31

Mineralocorticoid hormones target what organ?

Answer 31

Kidneys

Question 32

What gland produces glucagon, & androgens

Answer 32

Testis

Question 33

What are the 7 anterior pituitary hormones?

Answer 33

GH, Prolactin, TSH, FSH, LH, ACTH and MSH

Question 33

What 3 main hormone groups does the adrenal cortex produce?

Answer 33

Glucocorticoids, Mineralocorticoids and Sex Hormones

Question 34

What has both exocrine and endocrine functions?

Answer 34

The Pancreas

Question 38

## Footnote what are the 4 chemical hormone groups?

Answer 38

## Footnote 1. peptides and proteins, 2. steroids, 3. amino acid derivatives, 4. fatty acid derivatives

Question 39

## Footnote what is another name for Thyroid Simulating Hormone?

Answer 39

## Footnote Thyrotrophic Hormone

Question 40

What is often reffered to as the master endocrine gland?

Answer 40

The pituitary gland

Question 41

## Footnote What does TSH do?

Answer 41

## Footnote stimulate growth and development of the thyroid gland and cause it to produce it's hormones

Question 41

## Footnote What is another name for parathyroid hormone?

Answer 41

## Footnote Parathormone

Question 42

The hypothalamus produces what two hormones?

Answer 42

ADH and oxytocin

Question 43

The pituitary gland is an endocrine gland that is attaches to what?

Answer 43

the hypothalamus

Question 44

The hypothalamus is a part of the ________ of the brain.

Answer 44

diencephalon