Integration & Endocrinology

Question 2

Excess cortisol could result in:

Answer 2

increased parasympathetic nervous system activation, low blood pressure, an alkaline blood pH, high blood glucose levels

Question 3

Which of the following endocrine glands does NOT produce its own hormones but stores hormones produced by the hypothalamus?

Answer 3

posterior pituitary

Question 4

A hormone released from nerve endings in the posterior pituitary following stimulation of neurons in the hypothalamus is LIKELY to be:

Answer 4

oxytocin

Question 5

A hormone that binds to nuclear receptors is LIKELY to be a:

Answer 5

steroid hormone

Question 6

A person has reduced levels of human growth hormone. They would be expected to also show reduced levels of:

Answer 6

somatomedins

Question 7

The hypophyseal portal system transports releasing and inhibiting hormones from the hypothalamus to the:

Answer 7

anterior pituitary gland

Question 8

The secretion of cortisol by the adrenal cortex is stimulated by:

Answer 8

ACTH from the anterior pituitary

Question 9

Thyroid hormones are derived from:

Answer 9

Tyrosine