Hormones & Development

Question 1

exocrine

Answer 1

secreted outside

Question 2

endocrine

Answer 2

secreted inside

Question 3

classic endocrine pathway

Answer 3

secretes the hormone into blood stream through blood vessel (secretion comes from ductless glands)

Question 4

endocrine signaling

Answer 4

a –> b
b - receptor
classic

Question 5

paracrine signaling

Answer 5

localized effect
ex. within ovary does not need bloodstream to get from place to place

Question 6

self signaling

Answer 6

out –> onto receptor of same cell

Question 7

pituitary gland

Answer 7

regulates body function, maintains homeostasis, ‘master gland’
ovaries - estrogen, progesterone
testis - testosterone

Question 8

fatty acid

Answer 8

dissolve in fats, goes right through membrane
cholesterol derivatives = testosterone & estrogen

Question 9

protein hormones

Answer 9

water soluble, amino acids

Question 10

hypothalamus

Answer 10

above pituitary gland

Question 11

pituitary gland

Answer 11

posterior - neuronal
anterior - glandular, epithelial

Question 12

posterior pituitary

Answer 12

ADH
oxytocin

Question 13

anterior pituitary

Answer 13

FSH + LH
TSH
ACTH
Prolactin
MSH
GH

Question 14

steroids

Answer 14

balding, mania, breast enlargement (M), breast reduction (F), kidney disease, cancer, liver dysfunction, reduction of testis (or ovary swelling), bone density increase,

Question 15

wolffian duct

Answer 15

male

Question 16

mullerian duct

Answer 16

female

Question 17

SRY gene

Answer 17

sex determining region of the Y chromosome (AMH)
XX is default