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| A Hormone is a Chemical that is produced in one part of the body and has its actions in a different part. |
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| What are the 3 classes of hormones, based on thier chemical structure? |
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The 3 classes of hormones based on their chemical structure are:
Peptide Hormones
Steroid Hormones
Amino Acid Derivatives |
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| Based on you knowledge of the Endocrinology so far, if there was a hormone called "Biotropin Releasing Hormone" BRH, where would it be produced? |
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| It would be produced in the Hypothalamus |
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| Which Hormones are secreted by the Pancreas? |
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| Glucagon and Insulin are secreted by the Pancreas |
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| What is the Target Tissue for Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)? |
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| What is TSH and what is its main function? |
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| TSH is Thyroid Stimulating Hormone and it stimulates the release of Thyroid Hormone from the Thyroid Gland |
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| What is the general effect of Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)? |
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| ADH decreases urine production |
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| What do you call it when the density of Hormone Receptors is increased on a cell, in response to very little of the hormone being produced? |
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| When hormone density of hormone receptors increase, its called Up-Regulation of the receptors. Because theres less of the hormone present, more receptors are made to increase your sensitivity to that hormone. |
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| In general, how would growth hormone (GH) signal to a cell, to cause growth? |
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| GH would bind to receptors on the surface of cells and start an intracellular signaling cascade. |
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| What is the main function of hormones released by the hypothalamus? |
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| Hormones released by the Hypothalamus stimulate or inhibit hormone release from the anterior pituitary. |
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| Which hormone is the primary signal to the body to produce more Red Blood Cells (RBC)? |
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| Erythropoietin signals the body to produce more RBC's. |
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| What is the difference between Insulin and Glucagon? |
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| Insulin lowers blood sugars while glucago raises it. |
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| The following describes the sequence for part of a hormone. Gly-pro-glu-thr-leu-cys-gly-ala-glu-leu---- etc. what chemical class does this hormone fall into? |
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| What stimulates the production of Parathyroid Hormone? |
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| Low Plasma levels of calcium stimulates the production of Parathyroid Hormone |
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| In which way does the endocrine system compare to the nervous system? |
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| The endocrine system is slower to respond than the nervous system |
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| Where is ACTH produced and what does it do? |
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| ACTH is produced in the Anterior Pituitary and it stimulates the production of corticosteroids |
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