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Are the organs of the endocrine system widely dispersed in the body?
Are all organs in the endocrine system glands?
Do endocrine glands secrete their products into ducts leading to body cavities?
Do endocrine glands produce hormones?
Which is not true?
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Which is NOT true of a nonsteroid hormone:
Is it carried through the blood to the target organ cell?
Is its receptor in the nucleus of the target organ cell?
Does it require a second messenger?
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Which is true of a steroid hormone:
Is its receptor in the nucleus of the target organ cell?
Does it require a second messenger?
Does it convert ATP into cyclic AMP?
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Which is NOT true of prostaglandins?
Can they also be called tissue hormones?
Can they function like nonsteroid hormones because they cause the production of cyclic AMP?
Can they function like steroid hormones because they stimulate protein synthesis?
Do they travel a much shorter distance than most hormones?
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Which is NOT true of luteinizing hormone?
Is it secreted by the posterior pituitary gland?
Are its target organ cells in the ovaries?
Does it stimulate ovulation?
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| ACTH does what to the ovary? |
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| What is acromegaly caused by? |
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| What is dwarfism caused by? |
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Which is not true of oxytocin:
Is it produced in the posterior pituitary gland?
Does it cause contractions of the uterus during labor?
Is it one of the few hormones that is regulated by a positive feedback loop?
Does it stimulate "milk letdown" in nursing mothers?
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Which is true of the hypothalamus:
Is it composed of a glandular portion and a nerve portion?
Produces ADH?
Releases ADH?
Is located in the sella turcica?
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| __________ prevents hypercalcemia. |
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| An inadequate intake of iodine in the diet can cause a ___________. |
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Are glucocorticoids:
Produced in the adrenal cortex?
Help regulate the blood sodium and potassium level?
Increase the amount of glucose in the blood through gluconeogenesis?
Have an antiallergy effect?
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The adrenal medulla:
Responds to stimuli from the sympathetic nervous system?
Helps produce the "fight or flight" response?
Releases epinephrine?
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| Where is the thymus gland located in the body? |
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The pineal gland:
Is located in the brain?
Produces melatonin?
Helps regulate the body's biological clock?
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| Where is the pituitary gland located and what is it composed of? |
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| What are the "tropic" hormones? Know so you can pick which one is NOT. |
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Is the adrenal medulla:
The inner portion of the adrenal gland?
Secretes epinephrine?
The target organ for ACTH? |
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Does the ovarian follicle secrete both estrogen and progesterone?
Does the corpus luteum secrete both estrogen and progesterone?
Does each ovary contain two types of glandular structures? |
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| reduces the level of calcium in the blood |
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| hypersecretion of this hormone causes acromegaly |
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| plays an important role in the development and functioning of the immune system |
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| released by the posterior pituitary and increases water retention in the body |
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| released by the adrenal cortex, increases the glucose level of the blood & is an anti inflammatory |
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| an increase in the level of this hormone causes ovulation |
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| made in the pineal gland and affects the biological clock |
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| released by the adrenal medulla and reinforces the effects of the sympathetic nervous system. |
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| stimulates muscle contraction in the pregnant uterus and brings about labor |
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| thyroid hormone that contains three atoms of iodine |
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| increases the level of calcium in the blood |
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| released by the pancreatic islet cells and increases the level of glucose in the blood. |
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| begins the development of an egg in the ovary |
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| an example of a mineralcorticoid |
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| released by the pancreatic islets and causes a drop in the blood sugar level. |
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Matching:
* glucocorticoid *follicle stimulating hormong
* calcitonin *triiodothyronine
* ADH *aldosterone
*luteinizing hormone *oxytocin
*epinephrine *insulin
*growth hormone *parathyroid hormone
*thymosin *glucagon
*melatonin *ACTH
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