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| The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland secrets: |
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| The secretion of which hormone decreases when calcium blood levels increase? |
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| The principle mineralocorticoid is: |
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| In a single transduction pathway involving cAMP as a second messenger, after a G protein is activated, the activated G protein then activates: |
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| Hypothyroidism during infancy and childhoodd can lead to a condition of retarted mental and physical development called: |
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| The ___________ gland stores and releases hormones produced by the hypothalamus. |
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| __________ is produced by the antior lobe of the pituitary. |
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| The pituitary gland is regulated most directly by the: |
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| In a signal transduction pathway involving phospholipid products as second messengers, after a G protein is activated,, the activated G protein then activates: |
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| Calcium ions may act as second messengers by binding to ____________, which then regulates other proteins. |
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| After a steroid hormone binds its receptor, the hormone-receptor complex then: |
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| Hypersecretion of growth hormone in adulthood leads to enlarged hands, face and feet, a condition known as: |
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| Which hormone stimulates insect growth and molting? |
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| In which type of regulation do hormones act on the cells that produce it? |
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| Glucagon raises blood glucose levels by: |
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| Stimulating Glycogenolysis |
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| Endocrine cells have ducts. T/F |
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| A cell secretes a product that diffuses through the interstatial fluid and acts on nearby cells. This is an example of: |
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| __________ hormones typically bind with receptor in nucleus and affect transcription. |
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| The hormone-receptor complex activates a ________ messenger. |
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| Which of the following is NOT a correct pair? |
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| Posteriro lobe of pituitary; releaseing hormone |
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| _______ hormones stimulate the liver to produce insulin-like growth factors. |
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| high thyroid hormone concentration -> anterior pituitary inhibited -> lower level of thyroid-stimulating hormone -> thyroid gland secretes less thyroid hormone -> homeostasis |
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| low blood glucose concentration -> alpha cells in islets stimulated -> glucagon secretion increases -> blood glucose concentration increases -> homeostasis |
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| Decreased use of ___________ occurs in diabetes mellitus. |
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| Epinephrine causes an _____________ in cardiac output. |
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| ____________ increases sodium reabsorption. |
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